Proverbs 10:4
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.
Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent only [lead] to abundance, but all who are hasty, only to want.
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent ones will rule, but the lazy will belong to forced labor.
Proverbs 19:15
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 20:4
The lazy person will not plow in season; he will expect at the harvest, but there [will be] nothing.
Proverbs 6:6-11
Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise.
Proverbs 11:24
There is one who gives yet {grows richer}, but he who withholds {what is right} only [finds] need.
Proverbs 19:24
A lazy person buries his hand in the dish, and even to his mouth he will not bring it back.
Proverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes [and] have plenty bread.
Proverbs 24:30-34
I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking {sense};
Ecclesiastes 10:18
Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.
John 6:27
Do not work for the food that perishes, but the food that remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has set his seal on this one."
1 Corinthians 15:58
So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, [because you] know that your labor is not [in] vain in the Lord.
Hebrews 6:11-12
And we desire each one of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of [your] hope until the end,
2 Peter 1:5-10
and [for] this same [reason], and [by] applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge,