Proverbs 20:4

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

Proverbs 19:15

Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

Proverbs 10:4

He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

Proverbs 19:24

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 6:10-11

A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

Proverbs 13:4

The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

Proverbs 24:34

So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

Proverbs 26:13-16

The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Matthew 25:3-10

For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.

Matthew 25:24-28

And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:

2 Peter 1:5-11

So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,

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Summary

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Sluggard

Proverbs 10:4

Proverbs 19:15

Proverbs 26:13

Therefore

2 Peter 1:5

General references

Bible References

Sluggard

He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Therefore

A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.

So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,

General references

Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.

He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.