Thematic Bible: Who will end up in poverty
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The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.
The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.
Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.
The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.
The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat, because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom. I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down. When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw: read more.
"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber."
"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber."
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