Proverbs 6:6
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6 Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones.
Learn from their ways and become wise!
Proverbs 20:4
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4 Those too lazy to plow in the right season
will have no food at the harvest.
Proverbs 18:9
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9 A lazy person is as bad as
someone who destroys things.
Proverbs 6:9
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9 But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep?
When will you wake up?
Proverbs 13:4
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4 Lazy people want much but get little,
but those who work hard will prosper.
Hebrews 6:12
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12 Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance.
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Proverbs 30:25
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25 Ants—they aren’t strong,
but they store up food all summer.
Matthew 25:26
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26 “But the master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate,
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Romans 12:11
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11 Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.[a]
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- 12:11 Or but serve the Lord with a zealous spirit; or but let the Spirit excite you as you serve the Lord.
Proverbs 26:13-16
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13 The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion on the road!
Yes, I’m sure there’s a lion out there!”
14 As a door swings back and forth on its hinges,
so the lazy person turns over in bed.
15 Lazy people take food in their hand
but don’t even lift it to their mouth.
16 Lazy people consider themselves smarter
than seven wise counselors.
Proverbs 21:25
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25 Despite their desires, the lazy will come to ruin,
for their hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 19:15
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15 Lazy people sleep soundly,
but idleness leaves them hungry.
Proverbs 24:30-34
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30 I walked by the field of a lazy person,
the vineyard of one with no common sense.
31 I saw that it was overgrown with nettles.
It was covered with weeds,
and its walls were broken down.
32 Then, as I looked and thought about it,
I learned this lesson:
33 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;
scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
Proverbs 22:13
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13 The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion out there!
If I go outside, I might be killed!”
Job 12:7-8
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7 “Just ask the animals, and they will teach you.
Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
8 Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.
Let the fish in the sea speak to you.
Proverbs 10:26
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26 Lazy people irritate their employers,
like vinegar to the teeth or smoke in the eyes.
Proverbs 19:24
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24 Lazy people take food in their hand
but don’t even lift it to their mouth.
Matthew 6:26
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26 Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?
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Proverbs 15:19
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19 A lazy person’s way is blocked with briers,
but the path of the upright is an open highway.
Proverbs 1:17
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17 If a bird sees a trap being set,
it knows to stay away.
Isaiah 1:3
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3 Even an ox knows its owner,
and a donkey recognizes its master’s care—
but Israel doesn’t know its master.
My people don’t recognize my care for them.”
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