Ecclesiastes 10:18
New Living Translation
18 Laziness leads to a sagging roof;
idleness leads to a leaky house.
Proverbs 14:1
New Living Translation
14 A wise woman builds her home,
but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 24:30-34
New Living Translation
30 I walked by the field of a lazy person,
the vineyard of one with no common sense.
31 I saw that it was overgrown with nettles.
It was covered with weeds,
and its walls were broken down.
32 Then, as I looked and thought about it,
I learned this lesson:
33 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;
scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
Proverbs 20:4
New Living Translation
4 Those too lazy to plow in the right season
will have no food at the harvest.
Hebrews 6:11
New Living Translation
11 Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true.
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Proverbs 23:21
New Living Translation
21 for they are on their way to poverty,
and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
Proverbs 21:25
New Living Translation
25 Despite their desires, the lazy will come to ruin,
for their hands refuse to work.
2 Peter 1:5-10
New Living Translation
5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.
8 The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.
10 So, dear brothers and sisters,[a] work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away.
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- 1:10 Greek brothers.
Proverbs 12:24
New Living Translation
24 Work hard and become a leader;
be lazy and become a slave.
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