"Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor."

Proverbs 12:24

"Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry."

Proverbs 19:15

"Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich."

Proverbs 10:4

"Lazy people irritate their employers, like vinegar to the teeth or smoke in the eyes."

Proverbs 10: 26

"Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and become a slave."

Proverbs 12:24

"Lazy people don't even cook the game they catch,

but the diligent make use of everything they find."

Proverbs 12:27

"Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper."

Proverbs 13:4

"A lazy person's way is blocked with briers,

but the path of the upright is an open highway."

Proverbs 15:9

"A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things."

Proverbs 18:9

"Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry."

Proverbs 19:15

"Some people are too lazy to lift a hand to feed themselves"

Proverbs 19:24 (CEV)

"If you are too lazy to plow, don't expect a harvest"

Proverbs 20:4 (CEV)

"As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man

[move not from his place] upon his bed."

Proverbs 26:13

"Don't be so lazy that you say, "If I go to work, a lion will eat me!""

Proverbs 22:14

"Then you would never be lazy. You would be following the example of those who had faith and were patient until God kept his promise to them."

Hebrews 6:12 (CEV)

"Those too lazy to plow in the right season will have no food at the harvest."

Proverbs 20:4

"Despite their desires, the lazy will come to ruin,

for their hands refuse to work."

Proverbs 21:25

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