I had put off my garment, how could I put it on? I had bathed my feet, how could I soil them?
and said, “My lords, turn aside, I pray you, to your servant's house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise up early and go on your way.” They said, “No; we will spend the night in the street.”
The soul of the sluggard craves, and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!”
Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
As the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything’?