Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
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- Prov 13:4 : 4 The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
- Prov 15:19 : 19 Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
- Prov 19:24 : 24 The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.
- Prov 20:4 : 4 The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
- Prov 22:13 : 13 The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
- Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense; 31 And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it. 33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: 34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
- Prov 26:13 : 13 The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
- Prov 26:16 : 16 The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
- Matt 25:26 : 26 But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,
- Prov 12:24 : 24 The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.
- Prov 12:27 : 27 He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.
- Prov 6:6-9 : 6 Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise: 7 Having no chief, overseer, or ruler, 8 She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting. 9 How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: 11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
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4 The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
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13 The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
14 A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.
15 The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.
16 The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
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23 The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.
24 The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.
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26 All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.
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27 He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.
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24 The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.
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4 The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
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19 Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
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3 The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.
4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
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9 He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.
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26 The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
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13 The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
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18 When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.
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9 How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
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5 The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
6 He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
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26 Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.
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33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
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24 The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.
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30 I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
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5 The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.
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16 The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.
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19 Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
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21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
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11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
12 Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.
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2 For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
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13 Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.
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20 There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.
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7 All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
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24 The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.
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6 Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
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10 The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.
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17 The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.
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12 There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.
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25 And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good.
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10 The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.
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23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.
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3 For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.
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21 To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;
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4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.