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.

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!"

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,

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.