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Proverbs 6:6
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Proverbs 6:6
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6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;(A)
consider its ways and be wise!
Proverbs 6:6
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Proverbs 6:6
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6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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Proverbs 13:4
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Proverbs 13:4
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4 A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,(A)
but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
Proverbs 13:4
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Proverbs 13:4
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4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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Hebrews 6:12
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Hebrews 6:12
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12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate(A) those who through faith and patience(B) inherit what has been promised.(C)
Hebrews 6:12
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Hebrews 6:12
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12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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Proverbs 18:9
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Proverbs 18:9
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9 One who is slack in his work
is brother to one who destroys.(A)
Proverbs 18:9
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Proverbs 18:9
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9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
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Proverbs 6:9
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Proverbs 6:9
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9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?(A)
When will you get up from your sleep?
Proverbs 6:9
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Proverbs 6:9
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9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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Matthew 25:26
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Matthew 25:26
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26 “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?
Matthew 25:26
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Matthew 25:26
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26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
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Proverbs 30:25
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Proverbs 30:25
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25 Ants are creatures of little strength,
yet they store up their food in the summer;(A)
Proverbs 30:25
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Proverbs 30:25
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25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
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Proverbs 10:26
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Proverbs 10:26
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Proverbs 10:26
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Proverbs 10:26
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26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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Romans 12:11
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Romans 12:11
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11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor,(A) serving the Lord.
Romans 12:11
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Romans 12:11
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11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
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Proverbs 26:13-16
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Proverbs 26:13-16
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13 A sluggard says,(A) “There’s a lion in the road,
a fierce lion roaming the streets!”(B)
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so a sluggard turns on his bed.(C)
15 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.(D)
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven people who answer discreetly.
Proverbs 26:13-16
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Proverbs 26:13-16
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13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
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Proverbs 24:30-34
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Proverbs 24:30-34
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30 I went past the field of a sluggard,(A)
past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 thorns had come up everywhere,
the ground was covered with weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.
32 I applied my heart to what I observed
and learned a lesson from what I saw:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest(B)—
34 and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.(C)
Proverbs 24:30-34
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Proverbs 24:30-34
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30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
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Proverbs 21:25
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Proverbs 21:25
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25 The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,(A)
because his hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 21:25
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Proverbs 21:25
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25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
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