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Proverbs 6:6
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Proverbs 6:6
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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 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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Proverbs 18:9
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Proverbs 18:9
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9 Whoever is slack in his work
is a (A)brother to him who destroys.
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 6:9
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Proverbs 6:9
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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 13:4
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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.
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.
Hebrews 6:12
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Hebrews 6:12
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12 so that you may not be sluggish, but (A)imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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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)
Proverbs 30:25
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Proverbs 30:25
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25 (A)the ants are a people not strong,
yet they provide their food in the summer;
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)
Matthew 25:26
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Matthew 25:26
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26 But his master answered him, ‘You (A)wicked and (B)slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?
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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?
Romans 12:11
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Romans 12:11
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11 Do not be slothful in zeal, (A)be fervent in spirit,[a] (B)serve the Lord.
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- Romans 12:11 Or fervent in the Spirit
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.
Proverbs 26:13-16
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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.
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 21:25
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Proverbs 21:25
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25 The desire of (A)the sluggard kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.
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 19:15
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Proverbs 19:15
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Proverbs 19:15
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Proverbs 19:15
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15 Laziness brings on deep sleep,
and the shiftless go hungry.(A)
Proverbs 24:30-34
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Proverbs 24:30-34
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30 (A)I passed by the field of a sluggard,
by the vineyard of a man (B)lacking sense,
31 and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
the ground was covered with nettles,
and its stone (C)wall was broken down.
32 Then I saw and (D)considered it;
I looked and received instruction.
33 (E)A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
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)
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