Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness casts into a deep sleep,
And an idle man will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 10:4

Poor is he who works with a negligent hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,
But will not even 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 soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Proverbs 24:34

Then your poverty will come as a robber
And your want like an armed man.

Proverbs 26:13-16

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square!”

Matthew 25:3-10

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

Matthew 25:24-28

“And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed.

2 Peter 1:5-11

Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, 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

Poor is he who works with a negligent hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Laziness casts into a deep sleep,

And an idle man will suffer hunger.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square!”

Therefore

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

Laziness casts into a deep sleep,

And an idle man will suffer hunger.

Then your poverty will come as a robber
And your want like an armed man.

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

Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,

General references

Your poverty will come in like a vagabond

And your need like an armed man.

The desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work;

Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.

He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.