The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; {therefore} shall he beg in harvest, and {have} nothing. {cold: or, winter}

The thoughts of the diligent {tend} only to plenteousness; but of every one {that is} hasty only to want.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and {hath} nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. {slothful: or, deceitful}

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, {and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

A slothful {man} hideth his hand in {his} bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and {there is} that withholdeth more than is meet, but {it tendeth} to poverty.

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. {Labour not: or, Work not}

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

The thoughts of the diligent {tend} only to plenteousness; but of every one {that is} hasty only to want.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean {men}. {mean...: Heb. obscure men}

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; {therefore} shall he beg in harvest, and {have} nothing. {cold: or, winter}

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, {and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and {hath} nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

So shall thy poverty come {as} one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. {an...: Heb. a man of shield}

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. {slothful: or, deceitful}

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long {are} ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.