Proverbs 12:24

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

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

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah couldn’t drive them out; but the Jebusites live with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

Yet the children of Manasseh couldn’t drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

The children of Benjamin didn’t drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.”

(but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);

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

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

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

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”

and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.

Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

David came to Saul, and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,

All the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety-two.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

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

He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”

The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”

He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.

She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she rested a little in the house.”

For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”

Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, “Because this is done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, also lifted up his hand against the king.

The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight. There was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.

The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

Now these are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah everyone lived in his possession in their cities: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants.

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

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

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

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

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.

He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

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

so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.

His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.

Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

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

Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.

This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

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

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

As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

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

their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them Solomon raised a levy of bondservants to this day.

When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed David’s house, except for the tribe of Judah only.

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.