He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he `is' to a destroyer.
A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.
Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.
Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.
`And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!
in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;
that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.