Proverbs 19:15
Modern English Version
15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep,
and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 19:24
Modern English Version
24 A slothful man hides his hand in his bowl,
and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Proverbs 20:4
Modern English Version
4 The sluggard will not plow because of the cold;
therefore he will beg during harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:13
Modern English Version
13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 21:5
Modern English Version
5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty,
but of everyone who is hasty only to want.
Proverbs 21:25
Modern English Version
25 The desire of the slothful kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.
Proverbs 24:30-34
Modern English Version
30 I went by the field of the slothful,
and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31 and it was all grown over with thorns,
and nettles covered its surface,
and the stone wall was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered it;
I looked on it and received instruction:
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep,
34 so your poverty will come like a stalker,
and your need as an armed man.
Proverbs 26:13-16
Modern English Version
13 The slothful man says, “There is a lion in the way!
A lion is in the streets!”
14 As the door turns upon his hinges,
so does the slothful upon his bed.
15 The slothful buries his hand in his bowl;
it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit
than seven men who can answer reasonably.
Proverbs 28:19
Modern English Version
19 He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
but he who follows after vain things will have poverty enough.
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