Proverbs 19:15
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Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.
The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!” As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed. The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another. Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies. We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work. All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
They answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, . . .
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.
His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’ ‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed. Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest. Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents. . . .
and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men, because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.” Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies. We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. . . .
This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men, because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free. And masters, do the same for your slaves. Give up your use of threats, because you know that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you? You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God. Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways. You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently. Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes! . . .
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength, which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest.
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight, you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed. . . .
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
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