Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful hand shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 10:4
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 12:27
The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent.
Proverbs 13:4
A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 21:25-26
The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work:
Genesis 49:15
And he saw the rest that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And was a tributary servant.
1 Kings 9:21
their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, upon them did Solomon impose a tribute of bondservice until this day.
1 Kings 11:28
and the man Jeroboam was strong and valiant; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
1 Kings 12:20
And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, that they sent and called him to the assembly, and made him king over all Israel: none followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
Proverbs 22:29
Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.
Proverbs 24:30-34
I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
Proverbs 26:13-16
The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!