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- For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
- If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
- How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? …
- The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
- The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
- The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
- Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
- The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.