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Proverbes 21:5
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. (niv)
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Proverbes 20:4
Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing. (niv)
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Proverbes 13:4
A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. (niv)
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Proverbes 19:15
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry. (niv)
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Proverbes 12:24
Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor. (niv)
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1 Corinthiens 15 58
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (niv)
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Proverbes 20:13
Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare. (niv)
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Proverbes 19:24
A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth! (niv)
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Proverbes 6:6-11
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man. (niv)
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Proverbes 11:24
One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. (niv)
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Hébreux 6:11-12
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. (niv)
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Proverbes 24:30-34
I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man. (niv)
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Jean 6:27
Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” (niv)
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2 Pierre 1 5-2 Pierre 1 10
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, (niv)
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Ecclésiaste 10:18
Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks. (niv)