Proverbs 20:4

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

He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!

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

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them;

But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,

So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work:

By much sloth fulness the framework falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth.

He that observeth the wind will not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds will not reap.