Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 10:4
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Proverbs 19:15
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2 Peter 1:5-11
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Fruitful Growth in the Faith
5 But also for this very reason, (A)giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue (B)knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control [a]perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and (C)to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither [b]barren (D)nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is (E)shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent (F)to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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- 2 Peter 1:6 patience
- 2 Peter 1:8 useless
Proverbs 13:4
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4 (A)The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing;
But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
Matthew 25:24-28
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24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’
26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You (A)wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
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Matthew 25:3-10
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3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, (A)they all slumbered and slept.
6 “And at midnight (B)a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom [a]is coming; go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all those virgins arose and (C)trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and (D)the door was shut.
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- Matthew 25:6 NU omits is coming
Proverbs 26:13-16
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13 The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road!
A fierce lion is in the [a]streets!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
So does the lazy man on his bed.
15 The (A)lazy man buries his hand in the [b]bowl;
It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can answer sensibly.
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- Proverbs 26:13 Or plazas, squares
- Proverbs 26:15 LXX, Syr. bosom; Tg., Vg. armpit
Proverbs 24:34
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- Proverbs 24:34 Lit. one who walks about
- Proverbs 24:34 Lit. a man with a shield
Proverbs 19:24
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24 (A)A lazy man buries his hand in the [a]bowl,
And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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- Proverbs 19:24 LXX, Syr. bosom; Tg., Vg. armpit
Proverbs 6:10-11
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10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep—
11 (A)So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.
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