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And they answered, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and surely it is very good, and do ye sit still? be not slothful to go and enter to possess the land:
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1 Instruction for sureties. 6 The slothful and sluggish is stirred to work. 12 He describeth the nature of the wicked. 16 The things that God hateth. 20 To observe the word of God. 24 To flee adultery. My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbor, and hast stricken hands with the stranger,
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A slothful hand maketh poor: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the slothful to them that send him.
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The way of a slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is plain.
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He also that is slothful in his work, is even the brother of him that is a great waster.
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Slothfulness causeth to fall asleep, and a deceitful person shall be affamished.
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The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not put it to his mouth again.
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The slothful will not plow, because of winter: therefore shall he beg in summer, but have nothing.
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The desire of the slothful slayeth him; for his hands refuse to work.
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The slothful man saith, A lion is without, I shall be slain in the street.
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I passed by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man destitute of understanding.
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The slothful man saith, A lion is in the way: a lion is in the streets.
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As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful man upon his bed.
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The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom, and it grieveth him to put it again to his mouth.
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By slothfulness the roof of the house goeth to decay, and by the idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
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And his master answered, and said unto him, Thou evil servant, and slothful, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not.
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Not slothful to do service, fervent in spirit serving the Lord,
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And when I was present with you, and had need, I was not slothful to the hindrance of any man: for that which was lacking unto me, the brethren which came from Macedonia, supplied, and in all things I kept, and will keep myself, that I should not be grievous unto you.
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For what is it, wherein ye were inferiors unto other Churches, except that I have not been slothful to your hindrance? forgive me this wrong.
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Behold, the third time I am ready to come unto you, and yet will I not be slothful to your hindrance: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the fathers, but the fathers for the children.
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1 He briefly toucheth the childish slothfulness of the Hebrews, 4 and terrifieth them with severe threatenings: 7 He stirreth them up to endeavor in time to go forward: 9 He hopeth well of them: 13 He allegeth Abraham’s example: 17 and compareth faith that taketh hold on the word, 19 unto an anchor. Therefore, leaving the doctrine of the beginning of Christ, let us be led forward unto perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
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That ye be not slothful, but followers of them, which through faith and patience, inherit the promises.
