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Proverbs 10:4
Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich.
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Hebrews 6:12
Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance.
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Proverbs 28:24
Anyone who steals from his father and mother and says,“ What’s wrong with that?” is no better than a murderer.
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Matthew 25:26
“ But the master replied,‘ You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate,
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Proverbs 23:20-21
Do not carouse with drunkards or feast with gluttons,for they are on their way to poverty, and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
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Romans 12:11
Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.
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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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Luke 16:1-2
Jesus told this story to his disciples:“ There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer’s money.So the employer called him in and said,‘ What’s this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.’
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Luke 15:13-14
“ A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.
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Job 30:29
Instead, I am considered a brother to jackals and a companion to owls.
