Proverbs 18:9

New International Version

One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

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Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

“His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?

Whoever robs their father or mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is partner to one who destroys.

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of owls.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.