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 becomes poor who has a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

So shall your poverty come like a robber; and your want like an armed man.

They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

And for this reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

So shall your poverty come upon you like a vagabond, and your want like an armed man.

The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.

By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.