Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent ones will rule, but the lazy will belong to forced labor.
Proverbs 10:4
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches.
Proverbs 12:27
The lazy will not roast his game, but diligence is the precious wealth of a man.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.
Proverbs 21:25-26
The craving of a lazy person will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.
Genesis 49:15
He saw a resting place that [was] good, and land that [was] pleasant. So he bowed his shoulder to the burden and became a servant of forced labor.
1 Kings 9:21
their children who remained after them in the land, whom the {Israelites} were not able to completely destroy, Solomon conscripted them for forced labor, until this very day.
1 Kings 11:28
Now the man Jeroboam [was] a man of ability, and Solomon saw that the young man {was a diligent worker}, so he appointed him over all of the forced labor for the house of Joseph.
1 Kings 12:20
It happened that just when all of Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all of Israel. Not one [followed] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.
Proverbs 17:2
A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.
Proverbs 19:15
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 22:13
A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"
Proverbs 22:29
A man who is skillful in his work, you shall see: before kings, he will serve; he will not serve before the commoners.
Proverbs 24:30-34
I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking {sense};
Proverbs 26:13-16
A lazy person says "A lion [is] in the road! A lion among the streets!"