Proverbs 20:13
Do not love [excessive] sleep, or you will become poor;
Open your eyes [so that you can do your work] and you will be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 19:15
Laziness casts one into a deep sleep [unmindful of lost opportunity],
And the idle person will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 6:9-11
How long will you lie down, O lazy one?
When will you arise from your sleep [and learn self-discipline]?
Proverbs 12:11
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who follows worthless things lacks common sense and good judgment.
Romans 12:11
never lagging behind in diligence; aglow in the Spirit, enthusiastically serving the Lord;
Proverbs 10:4
Poor is he who works with a negligent and idle hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes him rich.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul (appetite) of the lazy person craves and gets nothing [for lethargy overcomes ambition],
But the soul (appetite) of the diligent [who works willingly] is rich and abundantly supplied.
Proverbs 24:30-34
I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding and common sense;
Jonah 1:6
So the captain came up to him and said, “How can you stay asleep? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps your god will give a thought to us so that we will not perish.”
Romans 13:11
Do this, knowing that this is a critical time. It is already the hour for you to awaken from your sleep [of spiritual complacency]; for our salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed [in Christ].
1 Corinthians 15:34
Be sober-minded [be sensible, wake up from your spiritual stupor] as you ought, and stop sinning; for some [of you] have no knowledge of God [you are disgracefully ignorant of Him, and ignore His truths]. I say this to your shame.
Ephesians 5:14
For this reason He says,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine [as dawn] upon you and give you light.”
2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even while we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is
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How long will you lie down, O lazy one?
When will you arise from your sleep [and learn self-discipline]?
Poor is he who works with a negligent and idle hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes him rich.
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who follows worthless things lacks common sense and good judgment.
The soul (appetite) of the lazy person craves and gets nothing [for lethargy overcomes ambition],
But the soul (appetite) of the diligent [who works willingly] is rich and abundantly supplied.
Laziness casts one into a deep sleep [unmindful of lost opportunity],
And the idle person will suffer hunger.
I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding and common sense;
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And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine [as dawn] upon you and give you light.”