The soul of the sluggard desireth, and {hath} nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

His lord answered and said unto him, {Thou} wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. {slothful: or, deceitful}

The sluggard {is} wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

The slothful {man} roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man {is} precious.

The way of the slothful {man is} as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous {is} made plain. {is made...: Heb. is raised up as a causey}

A slothful {man} hideth his hand in {his} bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

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

The slothful {man} saith, {There is} a lion in the way; a lion {is} in the streets.

The slothful {man} saith, {There is} a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Wherefore {is there} a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing {he hath} no heart {to it}?

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. {slothful: or, deceitful}

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; {and} make not all the people to labour thither; for they {are but} few. {about...: Heb. about two thousand men, or, about three thousand men}

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.