Proverbs 6:6-11
Modern English Version
The Folly of Idleness
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise.
7 Which, having no guide,
overseer, or ruler,
8 provides her bread in the summer,
and gathers her food in the harvest.
9 How long will you sleep, O sluggard?
When will you arise out of your sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep—
11 so will your poverty come upon you like a stalker,
and your need as an armed man.
Proverbs 10:4-5
Modern English Version
4 He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand,
but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son,
but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
Proverbs 10:26
Modern English Version
26 As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes,
so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Proverbs 12:11
Modern English Version
11 He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread,
but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 12:24
Modern English Version
24 The hand of the diligent will rule,
but the slothful will be put to forced labor.
Proverbs 12:27
Modern English Version
27 The slothful man does not roast that which he took in hunting,
but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Proverbs 13:4
Modern English Version
4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing;
but the soul of the diligent will be made fat.
Proverbs 14:4
Modern English Version
4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean;
but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Proverbs 14:23
Modern English Version
23 In all labor there is profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
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