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, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.

[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark, dreaming, laying down, loving to slumber.

And this, knowing the time, that the hour is now for us to awake out of sleep. For our salvation is now nearer than when we believed.

Therefore he says, Awake, thou who sleep. And arise from the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.

He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.

For even when we were with you we commanded you this, that if any man will not work, neither let him eat.

And LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept. And [God] took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in place of it.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.