Proverbs 18:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

One who is slack in work is close kin to a vandal.

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A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

so that you may not become sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Do not lag in zeal; be ardent in spirit; serve the Lord.

But his master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter?

Anyone who robs father or mother and says, “That is no crime,” is partner to a thug.

I am a brother of jackals and a companion of ostriches.

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.