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
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches.
Proverbs 19:15
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 26:13
A lazy person says "A lion [is] in the road! A lion among the streets!"
Therefore
Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest--
Proverbs 19:15
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 24:34
and your poverty will come running, and your lack like an armed warrior.
Matthew 25:3
For [when] the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take olive oil with them.
2 Peter 1:5
and [for] this same [reason], and [by] applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge,
General references
Proverbs 6:11
like a {robber} shall your poverty come, and what you lack like an armed man.
Proverbs 21:25
The craving of a lazy person will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.
Ecclesiastes 11:4
Whoever watches the wind will not sow; whoever watches the clouds will not reap.