Proverbs 6:6-11
GOD’S WORD Translation
6 Consider the ant, you lazy bum.
Watch its ways, and become wise.
7 Although it has no overseer, officer, or ruler,
8 in summertime it stores its food supply.
At harvest time it gathers its food.
9 How long will you lie there, you lazy bum?
When will you get up from your sleep?
10 “Just a little sleep,
just a little slumber,
just a little nap.”
11 Then your poverty will come ⌞to you⌟ like a drifter,
and your need will come ⌞to you⌟ like a bandit.
Proverbs 10:4-5
GOD’S WORD Translation
4 Lazy hands bring poverty,
but hard-working hands bring riches.
5 Whoever gathers in the summer is a wise son.
Whoever sleeps at harvest time brings shame.
Proverbs 10:26
GOD’S WORD Translation
26 Like vinegar to the teeth,
like smoke to the eyes,
so is the lazy person to those who send him ⌞on a mission⌟.
Proverbs 12:11
GOD’S WORD Translation
11 Whoever works his land will have plenty to eat,
but the one who chases unrealistic dreams has no sense.
Proverbs 12:24
GOD’S WORD Translation
24 Hard-working hands gain control,
but lazy hands do slave labor.
Proverbs 12:27
GOD’S WORD Translation
27 A lazy hunter does not catch his prey,
but a hard-working person becomes wealthy.
Proverbs 13:4
GOD’S WORD Translation
4 A lazy person craves food and there is none,
but the appetite of hard-working people is satisfied.
Proverbs 13:11
GOD’S WORD Translation
11 Wealth ⌞gained⌟ through injustice dwindles away,
but whoever gathers little by little has plenty.
Proverbs 14:23
GOD’S WORD Translation
23 In hard work there is always something gained,
but idle talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 15:19
GOD’S WORD Translation
19 The path of lazy people is like a thorny hedge,
but the road of decent people is an ⌞open⌟ highway.
Proverbs 18:9
GOD’S WORD Translation
How to Avoid Fools and Foolishness
9 Whoever is lazy in his work is related to a vandal.
Proverbs 19:15
GOD’S WORD Translation
15 Laziness throws one into a deep sleep,
and an idle person will go hungry.
Proverbs 19:24
GOD’S WORD Translation
24 A lazy person puts his fork in his food.
He doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth.
Proverbs 20:4
GOD’S WORD Translation
4 A lazy person does not plow in the fall.[a]
He looks for something in the harvest but finds nothing.
Footnotes
- 20:4 Fall was the start of the planting season in Palestine.
Proverbs 20:13
GOD’S WORD Translation
13 Do not love sleep or you will end up poor.
Keep your eyes open, and you will have plenty to eat.
Proverbs 21:5
GOD’S WORD Translation
5 The plans of a hard-working person lead to prosperity,
but everyone who is ⌞always⌟ in a hurry ends up in poverty.
Proverbs 21:25
GOD’S WORD Translation
25 The desire of a lazy person will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 24:30-34
GOD’S WORD Translation
30 I passed by a lazy person’s field,
the vineyard belonging to a person without sense.
31 I saw that it was all overgrown with thistles.
The ground was covered with weeds,
and its stone fence was torn down.
32 When I observed ⌞this⌟, I took it to heart.
I saw it and learned my lesson.
33 “Just a little sleep,
just a little slumber,
just a little nap.”
34 Then your poverty will come like a drifter,
and your need will come like a bandit.
Proverbs 26:13-16
GOD’S WORD Translation
13 A lazy person says,
“There’s a ferocious lion out on the road!
There’s a lion loose in the streets!”
14 ⌞As⌟ a door turns on its hinges,
so the lazy person turns on his bed.
15 A lazy person puts his fork in his food.
He wears himself out as he brings it back to his mouth.
16 A lazy person thinks he is wiser than seven people who give a sensible answer.
Proverbs 28:19
GOD’S WORD Translation
19 Whoever works his land will have plenty to eat.
Whoever chases unrealistic dreams will have plenty of nothing.
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