Proverbs 12:24
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Proverbs 21:25-26
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25 The desire of (A)the sluggard kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.
26 All day long he craves and craves,
but the righteous (B)gives and does not hold back.
Proverbs 12:27
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27 (A)Whoever is slothful will not roast his game,
but the diligent man will get precious wealth.[a]
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- Proverbs 12:27 Or but diligence is precious wealth
Proverbs 10:4
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Proverbs 22:13
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13 (A)The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”
Proverbs 19:15
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Proverbs 17:2
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2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over (A)a son who acts shamefully
and (B)will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
Proverbs 13:4
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4 (A)The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
while the soul of the diligent (B)is richly supplied.
1 Kings 11:28
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28 The man Jeroboam was very able, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.
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Genesis 49:15
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15 He saw that a resting place was good,
and that the land was pleasant,
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
and (A)became a servant at forced labor.
Proverbs 22:29
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29 Do you see a man skillful in his work?
He will (A)stand before kings;
he will not stand before obscure men.
1 Kings 9:21
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21 (A)their descendants who were left after them in the land, (B)whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction[a]—(C)these Solomon drafted to be (D)slaves, and so they are to this day.
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- 1 Kings 9:21 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
Proverbs 26:13-16
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13 (A)The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
There is a lion in the streets!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so does a sluggard on his bed.
15 (B)The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is (C)wiser in his own eyes
(D)than seven men who can answer sensibly.
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