Proverbs 6:6-11
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6 Go to the ant, you lazy person;
observe its ways and grow wise.
7 The ant has no commander, officer, or ruler.
8 Even so, it gets its food in summer;
gathers its provisions at harvest.
9 How long, lazy person, will you lie down?
When will you rise from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the arms to lie down—
11 and poverty will come on you like a prowler,
destitution like a warrior.
Proverbs 10:4-5
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4 Laziness brings poverty;
hard work makes one rich.
5 A wise son harvests in the summer;
a disgraceful son sleeps right through the harvest.
Proverbs 10:26
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26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so are lazy people to those who authorize them.
Proverbs 12:11
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11 Those who work their land will have plenty to eat,
but those who engage in empty pursuits have no sense.
Proverbs 12:24
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24 A hard worker is in charge,
while a lazy one will be sentenced to hard labor.
Proverbs 12:27
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27 The lazy don’t roast[a] their prey,
but hard workers receive precious riches.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 12:27 Heb uncertain
Proverbs 13:4
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4 The lazy have strong desires but receive nothing;
the appetite of the diligent is satisfied.
Proverbs 13:11
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11 Riches gotten quickly[a] will dwindle,
but those who acquire them gradually become wealthy.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 13:11 LXX; MT from meaninglessness
Proverbs 14:23
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23 There is profit in hard work,
but mere talk leads to poverty.
Proverbs 15:19
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19 The path of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns,
but the way of those who do right is a clear road.
Proverbs 18:9
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9 Those who are lazy in their work
are brothers to thugs.
Proverbs 19:15
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15 Laziness brings on deep sleep;
a slacker goes hungry.
Proverbs 19:24
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24 Lazy people bury their hand in the bowl;
they won’t even put it to their mouth.
Proverbs 20:4
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4 The lazy don’t plow during winter;
at harvest they look but find nothing.
Proverbs 20:13
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13 Don’t love sleep or you will be poor;
stay alert and you will have plenty to eat.
Proverbs 21:5
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5 The plans of the diligent end up in profit,
but those who hurry end up with loss.
Proverbs 21:25
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25 The desires of the lazy will kill them,
because their hands refuse to do anything.
Proverbs 24:30-34
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30 I happened upon the field of a lazy person,
by the vineyard of one with no sense.
31 Thorns grew all over it;
weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was falling down.
32 I observed this and took it to heart;
I saw it and learned a lesson.
33 “A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little lying down with folded arms”—
34 and poverty will come on you like a prowler,
deprivation like a man with a shield.
Proverbs 26:13-16
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13 A lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the path!
A lion in the plazas!”
14 As a door turns on its hinge,
so do lazy people in their beds.
15 Lazy people bury their hand into the bowl,
too tired to return it to their mouth.
16 Lazy people think they are wiser
than seven people who answer sensibly.
Proverbs 28:19
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19 Those who work the land will have plenty to eat,
but those with worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
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