Proverbs 10:4
He who deals with a lazy hand becomes poor; but the hand of the hard worker makes rich.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing; but the soul of the hard worker shall be made fat.
Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty; but the thoughts of everyone who is hasty only to poverty.
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the hard worker shall bear rule, but the lazy shall be under service.
Proverbs 19:15
Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 20:4
The lazy one will not plow; after the autumn he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 6:6-11
Go to the ant, sluggard; consider her ways and be wise;
Proverbs 11:24
There is one who scatters and yet increases; but one who withholds just due comes only to poverty.
Proverbs 19:24
A lazy one puts his hand in a dish, and he will not return it to his mouth.
Proverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 24:30-34
I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man without understanding;
Ecclesiastes 10:18
By slothfulness the building decays; and through lowering of the hands the house leaks.
John 6:27
Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for that food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father sealed Him.
1 Corinthians 15:58
So that, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not without fruit in the Lord.
Hebrews 6:11-12
And we desire that each one of you show the same eagerness to the full assurance of hope to the end,
2 Peter 1:5-10
But also in this very thing, bringing in all diligence, filling out your faith with virtue, and with virtue, knowledge;