Proverbs 18:9
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9 One who is slack in work
is close kin to a vandal.(A)
Proverbs 10:4
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4 A slack hand causes poverty,
but the hand of the diligent makes rich.(A)
Hebrews 6:12
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12 so that you may not become sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.(A)
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Proverbs 28:24
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24 Anyone who robs father or mother
and says, “That is no crime,”
is partner to a thug.(A)
Romans 12:11
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11 Do not lag in zeal; be ardent in spirit; serve the Lord.
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Matthew 25:26
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26 But his master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter?
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Proverbs 23:20-21
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20 Do not be among winebibbers
or among gluttonous eaters of meat,(A)
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and drowsiness will clothe them with rags.(B)
Proverbs 24:30-34
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30 I passed by the field of one who was lazy,
by the vineyard of a stupid person,(A)
31 and see, it was all overgrown with thorns;
the ground was covered with nettles,
and its stone wall was broken down.
32 Then I saw and considered it;
I looked and received instruction.
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,(B)
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want, like an armed warrior.
Luke 16:1-2
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The Parable of the Dishonest Manager
16 Then Jesus[a] said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property.(A) 2 So he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management because you cannot be my manager any longer.’
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Luke 15:13-14
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13 A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant region, and there he squandered his wealth in dissolute living. 14 When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that region, and he began to be in need.
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Job 30:29
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29 I am a brother of jackals
and a companion of ostriches.(A)
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