Verses
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- The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
- Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men,
- For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
- Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
- If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
- The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
- Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
- Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.