Proverbs 10:4-5 (ESV)

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is son who brings shame.

Proverbs 14:23 (ESV)

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

Proverbs 12:24 (ESV)

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Proverbs 13:4 (YLT)

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Colossians 3:23-24 (ESV)

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

Proverbs 12:27 (YLT)

The slothful roasteth not his hunting, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.

Proverbs 22:29 (YLT)

Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!

Proverbs 10:26 (YLT)

As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So [is] the slothful to those sending him.

Proverbs 24:33-34 (ESV)

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

Proverbs 21:25-26 (YLT)

The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work. All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

Ephesians 4:28 (KJV)

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

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