Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Sluggard
General references
Bible References
Sluggard
Proverbs 10:4
He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
Proverbs 19:15
Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
Proverbs 26:13
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Therefore
Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
Proverbs 19:15
Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
Proverbs 24:34
So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
Matthew 25:3
For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.
2 Peter 1:5
So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
General references
Proverbs 6:11
Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.
Ecclesiastes 11:4
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.