Proverbs 26:14
A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.
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- Prov 6:9-9 : 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:
- 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 24:33 : 33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
- Heb 6:12 : 12 So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.
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13 The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
- Prov 26:15-162 verses81%
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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13 The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
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15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
- Prov 6:9-113 verses77%
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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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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26 Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.
- Prov 21:25-262 verses75%
25 The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
26 All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.
- Prov 24:33-342 verses75%
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.
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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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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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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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9 He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.
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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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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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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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6 Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
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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.
- Prov 10:4-52 verses70%
4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
5 He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.
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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.
- Prov 26:7-93 verses68%
7 The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.
8 Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
9 Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.
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4 Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
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5 In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
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2 It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.
- Prov 4:15-162 verses67%
15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.
16 For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.
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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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27 He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.
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11 Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.
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3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.
4 He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
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20 For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough for him to be covered with.
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18 His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
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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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15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:
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15 Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.
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15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds;
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19 As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.
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5 Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.
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30 He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.
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7 And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?