Proverbs 19:15
Evangelical Heritage Version
15 Laziness makes a person fall into a deep sleep,
and an idle person will go hungry.
Proverbs 19:24
Evangelical Heritage Version
24 A lazy person buries his hand in the dish,
but he does not even bring the food up to his mouth.
Proverbs 20:4
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 A lazy person fails to plow when it is the season for planting.[a]
He expects something in the harvest, but nothing will be there.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:4 Literally at the start of the rainy season
Proverbs 20:13
Evangelical Heritage Version
13 Do not love sleep, or you will become poor.
Keep your eyes open, and you will have enough to eat.
Proverbs 21:17
Evangelical Heritage Version
17 Whoever loves pleasure will be poor.
Whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.
Proverbs 21:25-26
Evangelical Heritage Version
25 A lazy person’s craving will kill him,
because his hands refuse to work.
26 All day long he craves something more,
but a righteous person gives and does not hold back.
Proverbs 22:29
Evangelical Heritage Version
29 Do you see a person who is efficient in his work?
He will serve kings.
He will not serve nobodies.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:29 Or unimportant people
Proverbs 24:27
Evangelical Heritage Version
27 Prepare your work outside,
and get things ready for yourself in the fields.
Afterward, build your house.
Proverbs 24:30-34
Evangelical Heritage Version
30 I passed by a lazy man’s field
and by a vineyard that belonged to a senseless man.
31 It was overgrown with thistles
and covered with weeds.
Its stone wall was broken down.
32 When I saw this, I took it to heart.
I observed and learned a lesson:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 and poverty will come on you like a prowler,
and scarcity will come like a warrior.
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