Proverbs 13:4
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4 The appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing,
while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.(A)
Proverbs 12:24
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24 The hand of the diligent will rule,
while the lazy will be put to forced labor.
Proverbs 12:11
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11 Those who till their land will have plenty of food,
but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense.(A)
2 Peter 1:5-11
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5 For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with excellence, and excellence with knowledge,(A) 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love. 8 For if these things are yours and are increasing among you, they keep you from being ineffective and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.(B) 9 For anyone who lacks these things is blind, suffering from eye disease, forgetful of the cleansing of past sins.(C) 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble. 11 For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
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Proverbs 10:4
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4 A slack hand causes poverty,
but the hand of the diligent makes rich.(A)
Proverbs 11:25
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25 A generous person will be enriched,
and one who gives water will get water.(A)
Proverbs 2:2-9
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2 making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding,
3 if you indeed cry out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
4 if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures—(A)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(B)
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;(C)
7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,(D)
8 guarding the paths of justice
and preserving the way of his faithful ones.(E)
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path,(F)
Hebrews 6:11
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11 And we want each one of you to show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope to the very end,(A)
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John 6:27
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27 Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”(A)
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Proverbs 28:25
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25 The greedy person stirs up strife,
but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.(A)
Proverbs 8:34
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34 Happy is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.(A)
Isaiah 58:11
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11 The Lord will guide you continually
and satisfy your needs in parched places
and make your bones strong,
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water
whose waters never fail.(A)
Proverbs 26:13
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13 The lazy person says, “There is a lion in the road!
There is a lion in the streets!”(A)
Psalm 92:14
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14 In old age they still produce fruit;
they are always green and full of sap,(A)
Numbers 23:10
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10 Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number the dust cloud[a] of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”(A)
Footnotes
- 23.10 Or fourth part
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