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.

An idle hand maketh poor; but a quick laboring hand maketh rich.

Slothfulness bringeth sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The slothful sayeth, "There is a leopard in the way, and a lion in the midst of the streets."

Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thy hands together yet a little, that thou mayest sleep:

Slothfulness bringeth sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.

The foolish took their lamps, but took none oil with them.

And hereunto, give all diligence: In your faith, minister virtue; and in virtue, knowledge;

so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.

The voluptuousness of the slothful is his own death, for his hands will not labour.

Through slothfulness the balks fall down, and through idle hands it raineth in at the house.

He that regardeth the wind, shall not sow; and he that hath respect unto the clouds, shall not reap.