Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.
for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”
Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
“Bad, bad,” says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens.