5 Bible Verses about Idleness, Consequences Of

Do not love [excessive] sleep, or you will become poor;
Open your eyes [so that you can do your work] and you will be satisfied with bread.

The lazy man does not plow when the winter [planting] season arrives;
So he begs at the [next] harvest and has nothing [to reap].

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep [unmindful of lost opportunity],
And the idle person will suffer hunger.

The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the negligent and lazy will be put to forced labor.

I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding and common sense;

And, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns,
And nettles were covering its surface,
And its stone wall was broken down.

When I saw, I considered it well;
I looked and received instruction.
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“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest [and daydream],”

Then your poverty will come as a robber,
And your want like an armed man.