Proverbs 24:27
Authorized (King James) Version
27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field;
and afterwards build thine house.
Proverbs 24:30-34
Authorized (King James) Version
30 I went by the field of the slothful,
and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31 and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,
and nettles had covered the face thereof,
and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered it well:
I looked upon it, and received instruction.
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34 so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth;
and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 25:2
Authorized (King James) Version
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:
but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Proverbs 25:13
Authorized (King James) Version
13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest,
so is a faithful messenger to them that send him:
for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Proverbs 26:13-16
Authorized (King James) Version
13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way;
a lion is in the streets.
14 As the door turneth upon his hinges,
so doth the slothful upon his bed.
15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom;
it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit
than seven men that can render a reason.
Proverbs 27:23
Authorized (King James) Version
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
and look well to thy herds.
Proverbs 28:19
Authorized (King James) Version
19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread:
but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Proverbs 30:24-28
Authorized (King James) Version
24 There be four things which are little upon the earth,
but they are exceeding wise:
25 the ants are a people not strong,
yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
26 the conies are but a feeble folk,
yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27 the locusts have no king,
yet go they forth all of them by bands;
28 the spider taketh hold with her hands,
and is in kings’ palaces.
KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.