Proverbs 20:13

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

How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep?

Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.

The one who works his land will have plenty of food,
but whoever chases fantasies lacks sense.

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.

Laziness induces deep sleep,
and a lazy person will go hungry.

I went by the field of a slacker
and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense.

Do not lack diligence; be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord.

In fact, when we were with you, this is what we commanded you: “If anyone isn’t willing to work, he should not eat.”

The captain approached him and said, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up! Call to your god.

Maybe this god will consider us, and we won’t perish.”

Besides this, knowing the time, it is already the hour for you to wake up from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

Come to your senses

and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said:

Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead,
and the Messiah will shine on you.