A lazy person will be poor. But a person that works hard will be rich.
Proverbs 6:11 - Easy To Read Version But he sleeps and sleeps. And he becomes poorer and poorer. Soon he will have nothing! It will be like a robber has come and stolen everything. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, And thy want as an armed man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So will your poverty come like a robber or one who travels [with slowly but surely approaching steps] and your want like an armed man [making you helpless]. [Prov. 10:4; 13:4; 20:4.] American Standard Version (1901) So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man. Common English Bible and poverty will come on you like a prowler, destitution like a warrior. Catholic Public Domain Version and then destitution will meet with you, like a traveler, and poverty, like an armed man. Yet truly, if you would be diligent, then your harvest will arrive like a fountain, and destitution will flee far from you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee. |
A lazy person will be poor. But a person that works hard will be rich.
The lazy person wants things, but he can never get them. But people who work hard will get the things they want.
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If you love to sleep, then you will become poor. But use your time working and you will have plenty to eat.
A lazy person is too lazy to plant seeds. So, at the time of harvest he looks for food and finds nothing.
People who drink too much and eat too much become poor. All they do is eat, drink, sleep, and soon they have nothing.
These things will make you poor very quickly. You will have nothing, as if a thief broke in and took everything away.
Some people say, “It is foolish to fold your hands and do nothing. If you don’t work, you will starve to death.”