Proverbs 6:11

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

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.

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

He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

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

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

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

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

Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

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

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.”

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

Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

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.

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

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

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

Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

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

I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security.”

Concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, ‘Yahweh says: “You have burned this scroll, saying, “Why have you written therein, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will cause to cease from there man and animal?’ ” ’

By so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.

The same day, Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”

I’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever;

For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.’

They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, with the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.

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.”

Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?

There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.

Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

“Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!

when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you.

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

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

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.

A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

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

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

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

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

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

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

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

I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?

I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.

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.

“The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

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.”

oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

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

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

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

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”