The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.

their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants to this day.

The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

It happened, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

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He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.
The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.
It happened, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

But

The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"
I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

General references

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
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