Song of Solomon 5:3

“ ‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “ ‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

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.

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

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

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.”

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

and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it to you’?

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 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.

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

But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’

“Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you watch one hour?

When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

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.”

We said, ‘We can’t go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s face, unless our youngest brother is with us.’

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?

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As was Issachar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart.

When he had gone, a lion met him by the way and killed him. His body was thrown on the path, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the body.

He said to them, “Come again to me after three days.” So the people departed.

Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.

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

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

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.

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.

I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”

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.

Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.

“This is what Yahweh of Armies says: These people say, ‘The time hasn’t yet come, the time for Yahweh’s house to be built.’ ”

but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.

Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.

He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What, couldn’t you watch with me for one hour?

He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house came, saying to him, “Your daughter is dead. Don’t trouble the Teacher.”

But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,

“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.

I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

He began to tell the people this parable. “A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

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;

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.

But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.

But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,

From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus branded on my body.

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

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

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

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

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

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come.

Who can count the dust of Jacob, or count the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!”

They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,