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Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth[ with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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Proverbs 19:24
A slothful[ man] hideth his hand in[ his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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Proverbs 26:13-16
The slothful[ man] saith,[ There is] a lion in the way; a lion[ is] in the streets.[ As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so[ doth] the slothful upon his bed.The slothful hideth his hand in[ his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.The sluggard[ is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
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2 Peter 1 5-2 Peter 1 11
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.For if these things be in you, and abound, they make[ you that ye shall] neither[ be] barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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Matthew 25:3-10
They that[ were] foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.But the wise answered, saying,[ Not so]; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
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Matthew 25:24-28
Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo,[ there] thou hast[ that is] thine.His lord answered and said unto him,[ Thou] wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and[ then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.Take therefore the talent from him, and give[ it] unto him which hath ten talents.
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Proverbs 24:34
So shall thy poverty come[ as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
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Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and[ hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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Proverbs 6:10-11
[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
