Proverbs 18:9

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He who is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

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

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

Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord.

But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed?

He who robs his father or his mother and says, “That is no transgression,” is the companion of a man who destroys.

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.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.