Proverbs 19:15

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Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,
But will not even bring it back to his mouth.

How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?

Do not love sleep, or you will become poor;

Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.

For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.

“A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest,”

His watchmen are blind,
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,

Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed.

For this reason it says,
“Awake, sleeper,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine on you.”

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

Do not love sleep, or you will become poor;

Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.

For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.

For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.

So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,
But will not even bring it back to his mouth.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square!”