I had put off my garment; how could I put it on? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?
and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’?
As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way.” They said, “No; we will spend the night in the town square.”