Proverbs 18:9
¶ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
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- Prov 28:24 : 24 ¶ Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a destroyer.
- Prov 10:4 : 4 ¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Prov 23:20-21 : 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
- Matt 25:26 : 26 ‹His lord answered and said unto him,› [Thou] ‹wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:›
- Prov 24:30-34 : 30 ¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction. 33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
- Heb 6:12 : 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
- Luke 15:13-14 : 13 ‹And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.› 14 ‹And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.›
- Luke 16:1-2 : 1 ¶ And he said also unto his disciples, ‹There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.› 2 ‹And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.›
- Rom 12:11 : 11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
- Job 30:29 : 29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
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25¶ The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
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10[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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13¶ The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
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10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
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24¶ Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a destroyer.
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33[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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