He alsowho is slackin his workIs brotherto him who destroys.
"I have becomea brotherto jackalsAnd a companionof ostriches.
Pooris he who workswith a negligenthand,But the handof the diligentmakesrich.
The wordsof a whispererare like daintymorsels,And they godowninto the innermostpartsof the body.
Lazinesscastsinto a deepsleep,And an idlemanwill sufferhunger.
He who robshis fatheror his motherAnd says,"It is not a transgression,"Is the companionof a manwho destroys.
"But his masteransweredand saidto him, 'You wicked,lazyslave,you knewthat I reapwhereI did not sowand gatherwhereI scatteredno[seed].
not lagging behindin diligence,ferventin spirit,servingthe Lord;
sothat you will not be sluggish,but imitatorsof thosewho throughfaithand patienceinheritthe promises.
