Proverbs 6:9

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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name is John,

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;

wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,

And they gather it morning by morning, each according to his eating; when the sun hath been warm, then it hath melted.

The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.

The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.

The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.