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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 6:6-11; Proverbs 10:4-5; Proverbs 10:26; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 12:27; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 13:11; Proverbs 14:23; Proverbs 15:19; Proverbs 18:9; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 19:24; Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 20:13; Proverbs 21:5; Proverbs 21:25; Proverbs 24:30-34; Proverbs 26:13-16; Proverbs 28:19
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33 verses
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Proverbs 6:6
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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
Proverbs 6:7
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It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
Proverbs 6:8
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yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:9
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How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
Proverbs 6:10
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-
Proverbs 6:11
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and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.
Proverbs 10:4
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Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Proverbs 10:5
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He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
Proverbs 10:26
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As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to those who send him.
Proverbs 12:11
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He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment.
Proverbs 12:24
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Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
Proverbs 12:27
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The lazy man does not roast his game, but the diligent man prizes his possessions.
Proverbs 13:4
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The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
Proverbs 13:11
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Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.
Proverbs 14:23
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All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 15:19
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The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Proverbs 18:9
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One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.
Proverbs 19:15
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Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry.
Proverbs 19:24
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The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
Proverbs 20:4
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A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.
Proverbs 20:13
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Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.
Proverbs 21:5
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The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.
Proverbs 21:25
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The sluggard's craving will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 24:30
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I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;
Proverbs 24:31
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thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
Proverbs 24:32
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I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:
Proverbs 24:33
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-
Proverbs 24:34
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and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.
Proverbs 26:13
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The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!"
Proverbs 26:14
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As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
Proverbs 26:15
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The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
Proverbs 26:16
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The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
Proverbs 28:19
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He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
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