⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

⁴ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

⁹ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

⁴ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

¹² That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

²⁵ The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

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:

¹¹ Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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.