Proverbs 10:4
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Proverbs 10:26
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26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Proverbs 12:11
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11 (A)Whoever works his land (B)will have plenty of bread,
(C)but he who follows (D)worthless pursuits lacks sense.
Proverbs 12:24
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Proverbs 12:27
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27 (A)Whoever is slothful will not roast his game,
but the diligent man will get precious wealth.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:27 Or but diligence is precious wealth
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 15:19
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19 The way of (A)a sluggard is like a hedge of (B)thorns,
but the path of the upright is (C)a level highway.
Proverbs 18:9
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9 Whoever is slack in his work
is a (A)brother to him who destroys.
Proverbs 19:15
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Proverbs 19:24
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:13
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13 (A)Love not sleep, lest you (B)come to poverty;
open your eyes, and you will have (C)plenty of bread.
Proverbs 21:25-26
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25 The desire of (A)the sluggard kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.
26 All day long he craves and craves,
but the righteous (B)gives and does not hold back.
Proverbs 22:13
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13 (A)The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”
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 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 31:27
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27 She looks well to the ways of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
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18 Through sloth the roof sinks in,
and through indolence the house leaks.
2 Thessalonians 3:10
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10 For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: (A)If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
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