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Romans 12:11
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
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Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
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Ephesians 5:14
for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,“ Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
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Proverbs 10:4
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
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Proverbs 6:9-11
How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
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Proverbs 12:11
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
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Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
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Romans 13:11
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.
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Jonah 1:6
So the captain came and said to him,“ What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”
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1 Corinthians 15 34
Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
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Proverbs 24:30-34
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
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2 Thessalonians 3 10
For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
