Proverbs 20:4

A lazy person doesn't plow in the proper season; he looks for a harvest, but there is nothing.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness puts one to sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.

Proverbs 10:4

Lazy hands bring poverty, but hard-working hands lead to wealth.

Proverbs 19:24

The lazy person buries his hand in his dish and doesn't bother to bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 6:10-11

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Proverbs 13:4

The lazy person craves, yet receives nothing, but the desires of the diligent are satisfied.

Proverbs 24:34

Then your poverty will come upon you like a robber, your need like an armed bandit.

Proverbs 26:13-16

The lazy person claims, "There is a lion in the road! There's a lion in the streets!"

Matthew 25:3-10

because when the foolish ones took their lamps, they didn't take any oil with them.

Matthew 25:24-28

"Then the one who had received one talent came forward and said, "Master, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you haven't planted and gathering where you haven't scattered any seed.

2 Peter 1:5-11

For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,

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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

Lazy hands bring poverty, but hard-working hands lead to wealth.

Laziness puts one to sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.

The lazy person claims, "There is a lion in the road! There's a lion in the streets!"

Therefore

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Laziness puts one to sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.

Then your poverty will come upon you like a robber, your need like an armed bandit.

because when the foolish ones took their lamps, they didn't take any oil with them.

For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,

General references

and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man.

What the lazy person craves will kill him, because his hands refuse to work.

Through slothfulness the roof deteriorates, and a house leaks because of idleness.

Whoever keeps staring at the wind won't sow; whoever daydreams won't reap.