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Proverbes 21:25-26
The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing. (niv)
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Proverbes 10:4
Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. (niv)
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Proverbes 12:27
The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt. (niv)
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Proverbes 19:15
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry. (niv)
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Proverbes 22:13
The sluggard says,“ There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!” (niv)
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1 Rois 11 28
Now Jeroboam was a man of standing, and when Solomon saw how well the young man did his work, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the tribes of Joseph. (niv)
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Genèse 49:15
When he sees how good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor. (niv)
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Proverbes 17:2
A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family. (niv)
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1 Rois 9 21
Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these peoples remaining in the land— whom the Israelites could not exterminate— to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day. (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 22:29
Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank. (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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Proverbes 26:13-16
A sluggard says,“ There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!”As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly. (niv)
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1 Rois 12 20
When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David. (niv)
