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Proverbes 10:4
Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. (niv)
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Hébreux 6:12
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 28:24
Whoever robs their father or mother and says,“ It’s not wrong,” is partner to one who destroys. (niv)
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Matthieu 25:26
“ His master replied,‘ You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? (niv)
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Proverbes 23:20-21
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags. (niv)
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Romains 12:11
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. (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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Luc 16:1-2
Jesus told his disciples:“ There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.So he called him in and asked him,‘ What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’ (niv)
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Luc 15:13-14
“ Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. (niv)
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Job 30:29
I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of owls. (niv)
