5 Bible Verses about Idleness, Consequences Of

Do not love sleep, or you will become poor;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.

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

Laziness casts into a deep sleep,
And an idle man will suffer hunger.

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

I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,
And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles;
Its surface was covered with nettles,
And its stone wall was broken down.
When I saw, I reflected upon it;
I looked, and received instruction.
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“A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest,”
Then your poverty will come as a robber
And your want like an armed man.