He who works with a lazy palm will be lacking, but the hand of the diligent one makes to become rich.
And it happened on that day Isaac’s slaves came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, We found water.
He who gathers in summer is a prudent son; he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
There is one who scatters yet increases more, but a withholder of uprightness comes only to poverty.
The hand of the diligent ones shall rule, but one of laziness will become forced labor.
The one of laziness does not start after his prey, but the wealth of a diligent man is precious.
A sluggish one’s soul is craving, but having nothing, but the soul of the diligent ones shall be made fat.
And he who is slack in his work, he is a brother to a master of destruction.
Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall be hungry.
A lazy one hides his hand in a dish, and he will not return it to his mouth.
Do not love sleep, lest you be dispossessed; open your eyes, be satisfied with bread.
The lazy one will not plow, after autumn he begs at harvest, and nothing is there.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty, but those of every one being hasty only to poverty.
The framework sinks through laziness; and through lowering of hands, the house leaks.
Do not work for the food, the one perishing, but for the food, the one enduring to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for God the Father sealed Him.
So that, my beloved brothers, you be firm, immovable, abounding in the work of the Lord always, knowing that your labor is not fruitless in the Lord.