Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall be hungry.
And he who is slack in his work, he is a brother to a master of destruction.
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 says, A lion is outside! I will be killed in the midst of the broad places.
for the drunkard and the one being a glutton lose all, and with drowsiness shall clothe one with rags.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down,
She watches the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.
so shall your poverty come as one walking about, and your need like a man of a shield.
His watchmen are blind ones; they all do not know; they are all mute dogs; they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber;
Therefore He says, “Rise up, the one sleeping, and stand up out of the dead ones, and Christ will shine on you.” No O. T. passage
For even when we were with you, we commanded this to you: If anyone wills not to work, neither let him eat.