Judges 18:9

9They said, aArise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. bAnd will you do nothing? cDo not be slow to go, to enter in and possess the land.

Proverbs 2:2-6

2making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
3yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice dfor understanding,
4if you seek it like esilver
and search for it as for fhidden treasures,
5then gyou will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
6For hthe Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

Proverbs 10:4

4A slack hand icauses poverty,
jbut the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 13:4

4 kThe soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
while the soul of the diligent lis richly supplied.

Proverbs 15:19

19The way of ma sluggard is like a hedge of nthorns,
but the path of the upright is oa level highway.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

10Whatever your hand finds to do, pdo it with your might,
Or  finds to do with your might, do it
rfor there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Zephaniah 3:16

16 sOn that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
Fear not, O Zion;
tlet not your hands grow weak.

Matthew 20:6

6And uabout the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’
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