Proverbs 18:9

He also who is slack in his work
Is brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 28:24

He who robs his father or his mother
And says, “It is not a transgression,”
Is the companion of a man who destroys.

Proverbs 10:4

Poor is he who works with a negligent hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 23:20-21

Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;

Proverbs 24:30-34

I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,

Matthew 25:26

“But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Job 30:29

“I have become a brother to jackals
And a companion of ostriches.

Luke 15:13-14

And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.

Luke 16:1-2

Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.

Romans 12:11

not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

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