Proverbs 26:14

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

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.

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 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.

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.

So you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

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.

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

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.

In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,

and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control perseverance; and in perseverance godliness;

For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

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.

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

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

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

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

He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor is blessed.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

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

If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.

He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’

‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

“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.

Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

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

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

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

Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.

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.