Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?

The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.

Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.

The ship's captain approached him and said, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Cry out to your god! Perhaps your god might take notice of us so that we might not die!"

And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.

Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God -- I say this to your shame!

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: "Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!"

For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: "If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat."

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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.
The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.
Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.
For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: "If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat."

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The ship's captain approached him and said, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Cry out to your god! Perhaps your god might take notice of us so that we might not die!"
And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.
Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God -- I say this to your shame!
For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: "Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!"

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