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Proverbs 21:25-26
Despite their desires, the lazy will come to ruin, for their hands refuse to work.Some people are always greedy for more, but the godly love to give!
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Proverbs 10:4
Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich.
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Proverbs 12:27
Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch, but the diligent make use of everything they find.
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Proverbs 19:15
Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry.
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Proverbs 22:13
The lazy person claims,“ There’s a lion out there! If I go outside, I might be killed!”
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1 Kings 11 28
Jeroboam was a very capable young man, and when Solomon saw how industrious he was, he put him in charge of the labor force from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph.
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Genesis 49:15
When he sees how good the countryside is and how pleasant the land, he will bend his shoulder to the load and submit himself to hard labor.
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Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant will rule over the master’s disgraceful son and will share the inheritance of the master’s children.
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1 Kings 9 21
These were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not completely destroyed. So Solomon conscripted them as slaves, and they serve as forced laborers to this day.
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Proverbs 13:4
Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.
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Proverbs 22:29
Do you see any truly competent workers? They will serve kings rather than working for ordinary people.
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Proverbs 24:30-34
I walked by the field of a lazy person, the vineyard of one with no common sense.I saw that it was overgrown with nettles. It was covered with weeds, and its walls were broken down.Then, as I looked and thought about it, I learned this lesson:A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
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Proverbs 26:13-16
The lazy person claims,“ There’s a lion on the road! Yes, I’m sure there’s a lion out there!”As a door swings back and forth on its hinges, so the lazy person turns over in bed.Lazy people take food in their hand but don’t even lift it to their mouth.Lazy people consider themselves smarter than seven wise counselors.
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1 Kings 12 20
When the people of Israel learned of Jeroboam’s return from Egypt, they called an assembly and made him king over all Israel. So only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the family of David.
