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.

Poor is he who works with a negligent hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Laziness casts into a deep sleep,

And an idle man will suffer hunger.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square!”

“A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest”—

Laziness casts into a deep sleep,

And an idle man will suffer hunger.

Then your poverty will come as a robber
And your want like an armed man.

For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them,

Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,

Your poverty will come in like a vagabond

And your need like an armed man.

The desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work;

Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.

He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.