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 works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

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

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't reap.