Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Also he who is slack in his work is brother to a great destroyer.
A lazy one puts his hand in a dish, and he will not return it to his mouth.
Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread.
The lazy one says, There is a lion outside; I shall be killed in the streets.
for the drunkard and the glutton lose all, and sleepiness shall clothe a man with rags.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down;
She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.
so shall your poverty come as one who travels, and your need like an armed man.
His watchmen are blind; they are all ignorant; they are all dumb dogs who cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Therefore he says, "Awake, sleeping ones! And arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light."
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this, that if anyone would not work, neither should he eat.