Proverbs 20:13

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.

Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.

so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.

Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you.

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

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.

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

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

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

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

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

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

Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from Yahweh’s hand the cup of his wrath. You have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”

For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

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

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

An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

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

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

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 when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near.”

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you,

but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

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

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

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

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.

but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.

Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”

Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.

The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.

They said therefore to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

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

I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?

Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I come quickly.” Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.

They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and reckless fellows who followed him.

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.”

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

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

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

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

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

serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

Wake up righteously, and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

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

not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,

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

“Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.

She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.

So the ship master came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won’t perish.”