Job 12:7

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

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

Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.

For she didn’t know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

They don’t know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see; and their hearts, that they can’t understand.

Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know the Yahweh’s way, nor the law of their God.

“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,

“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?

“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?

Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.

The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:

Every man has become brutish and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

“ ‘ “How weak is your heart,” says the Lord Yahweh, “since you do all these things, the work of an impudent prostitute;

See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

For this they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,

went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

The donkey saw Yahweh’s angel standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned out of the path, and went into the field. Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the path.

Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that Yahweh himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else.

because they turned away from following him, and wouldn’t pay attention to any of his ways,

“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?

I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:

where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the cypress trees.

For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”

Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

“The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough:’

“There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.”

When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.

You see many things, but don’t observe. His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen.

“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law.

But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood.

The sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to me.” ’

They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

They answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

When he had come, immediately he came to him, and said, “Rabbi! Rabbi!” and kissed him.

Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.

You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.