sSee ch. 6:9-11
Proverbs 6:6-11
6 aGo to bthe ant, O csluggard;consider her ways, and dbe wise.
7 eWithout having any chief,
fofficer, or ruler,
8she prepares her bread gin summer
and hgathers her food in harvest.
9 iHow long will you lie there, jO sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10 kA little sleep, a little slumber,
la little mfolding of the hands to rest,
11 nand poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
Proverbs 12:24
24 oThe hand of the diligent will rule,while the slothful will be pput to forced labor.
Proverbs 12:27
27 qWhoever is slothful will not roast his game,but the diligent man will get precious wealth. ▼
▼Or but diligence is precious wealth
Proverbs 13:4
4 sThe soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,while the soul of the diligent tis richly supplied.
Proverbs 15:19
19The way of ua sluggard is like a hedge of vthorns,but the path of the upright is wa level highway.
Proverbs 19:24
24 xThe sluggard buries his hand in ythe dishand will not even bring it back to his mouth.
Proverbs 20:4
4 zThe sluggard does not plow in the autumn;aahe will seek at harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
13 abThe sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!I shall be killed in the streets!”
Proverbs 24:30-34
30 acI passed by the field of a sluggard,by the vineyard of a man adlacking sense,
31and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
the ground was covered with nettles,
and its stone aewall was broken down.
32Then I saw and afconsidered it;
I looked and received instruction.
33 agA little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
34and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
Proverbs 26:13
13 ahThe sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!There is a lion in the streets!”
Proverbs 26:16
16The sluggard is aiwiser in his own eyesajthan seven men who can answer sensibly.
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