Proverbs 20:4

New Century Version

Lazy farmers don’t plow when they should; they expect a harvest, but there is none.

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A lazy person will end up poor, but a hard worker will become rich.

Lazy people sleep a lot, and idle people will go hungry.

The lazy will not get what they want, but those who work hard will.

Soon you will be as poor as if you had been robbed; you will have as little as if you had been held up.

Though the lazy person puts his hand in the dish, he won’t lift the food to his mouth.

Go watch the ants, you lazy person. Watch what they do and be wise.

People’s thoughts can be like a deep well, but someone with understanding can find the wisdom there.

Lazy people’s desire for sleep will kill them, because they refuse to work.

Those who wait for perfect weather will never plant seeds; those who look at every cloud will never harvest crops.