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

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

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

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

The ants {are} a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

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:

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

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

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

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so {is} the sluggard to them that send him.

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

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.

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: {but} Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. {in the...: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing}

The ants {are} a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: {but} Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

He becometh poor that dealeth {with} a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

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

{Yet} a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

He that gathereth in summer {is} a wise son: {but} he that sleepeth in harvest {is} a son that causeth shame.

Much food {is in} the tillage of the poor: but there is {that is} destroyed for want of judgment.

And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

For the froward {is} abomination to the LORD: but his secret {is} with the righteous.

Let Pharaoh do {this}, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. {officers: or, overseers}

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.