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Proverbs 10:4
He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
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Hebrews 6:12
that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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Proverbs 28:24
Whoever robs his father or his mother, And says,“ It is no transgression,” The same is companion to a destroyer.
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Matthew 25:26
“ But his Lord answered and said to him,‘ You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
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Proverbs 23:20-21
Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
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Romans 12:11
not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
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Proverbs 24:30-34
I went by the field of the lazy man, And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was covered with nettles; Its stone wall was broken down.When I saw it, I considered it well; I looked on it and received instruction:A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest;So shall your poverty come like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.
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Luke 16:1-2
He also said to His disciples:“ There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods.So he called him and said to him,‘ What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’
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Luke 15:13-14
And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want.
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Job 30:29
I am a brother of jackals, And a companion of ostriches.
