Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be put to forced labor.
Proverbs 10:4
He becomes poor who has a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 12:27
The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the possessions of a diligent man are precious.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
Proverbs 21:25-26
The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.
Genesis 49:15
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto forced labor.
1 Kings 9:21
Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, of those did Solomon conscript for forced labor unto this day.
1 Kings 11:28
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, 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 was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 22:13
The slothful man says, There is a lion outside, I shall be slain in the streets.
Proverbs 22:29
See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.
Proverbs 24:30-34
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Proverbs 26:13-16
The slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.