Proverbs 19:15
Revised Standard Version
15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep,
and an idle person will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 19:24
Revised Standard Version
24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,
and will not even bring it back to his mouth.
Proverbs 20:4
Revised Standard Version
4 The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:13
Revised Standard Version
13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty;
open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
Proverbs 21:17
Revised Standard Version
17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man;
he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Proverbs 21:25-26
Revised Standard Version
25 The desire of the sluggard kills him
for his hands refuse to labor.
26 All day long the wicked covets,[a]
but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:26 Gk: Heb all day long he covets covetously
Proverbs 22:29
Revised Standard Version
29 Do you see a man skilful in his work?
he will stand before kings;
he will not stand before obscure men.
Proverbs 24:27
Revised Standard Version
27 Prepare your work outside,
get everything ready for you in the field;
and after that build your house.
Proverbs 24:30-34
Revised Standard Version
30 I passed by the field of a sluggard,
by the vineyard of a man without sense;
31 and lo, 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,
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
Proverbs 26:14
Revised Standard Version
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so does a sluggard on his bed.
Proverbs 27:18
Revised Standard Version
18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who guards his master will be honored.
Proverbs 27:23-27
Revised Standard Version
23 Know well the condition of your flocks,
and give attention to your herds;
24 for riches do not last for ever;
and does a crown endure to all generations?
25 When the grass is gone, and the new growth appears,
and the herbage of the mountains is gathered,
26 the lambs will provide your clothing,
and the goats the price of a field;
27 there will be enough goats’ milk for your food,
for the food of your household
and maintenance for your maidens.
Proverbs 28:19
Revised Standard Version
19 He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
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