Proverbs 21:25

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

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Go to the ant, O sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise,

The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the slack hand will be put to forced labor.

A lazy man does not roast his prey,
But the precious possession of a man is diligence.

The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns,
But the path of the upright is a highway.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,
But will not even bring it back to his mouth.

The sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside;
I will be killed in the streets!”

I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,

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

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.

“But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.

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