Thematic Bible: Indolent sleep
Thematic Bible
Indolent sleep » The love of sleep, a mark of indolence
He that gathereth in summer, is a prudent son, he that sleepeth long in harvest, is a son causing shame.
Do not love sleep, lest thou come to poverty, open thine eyes, be satisfied with bread.
Sloth, falleth into a deep sleep, and, a soul that is indolent, shall famish.
For, the tippler and the glutton, shall come to poverty, and, rags, shall Slumber put on!
How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest: -
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