Proverbs 12:27

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

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

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

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

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

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?

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

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

One will devour on the right hand, and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand, and they will not be satisfied. Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm:

As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.

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.”

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.

Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

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

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

The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

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.

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

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

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

and not to build houses for ourselves to dwell in. We have no vineyard, field, or seed;

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

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

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

They returned to Joshua, and said to him, “Don’t let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Don’t make all the people to toil there, for there are only a few of them.”

Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it from your chest and consume them!

I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

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

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

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

put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

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

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

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

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

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.

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

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.

“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.

He answered, “He who dipped his hand with me in the dish will betray me.

He answered them, “It is one of the twelve, he who dips with me in the dish.

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.”

We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,