A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 20:13 - New Revised Standard Version Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you will be satisfied with bread. American Standard Version (1901) Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. Common English Bible Don’t love sleep or you will be poor; stay alert and you will have plenty to eat. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread. |
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Those who till their land will have plenty of food, but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense.
The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.
Anyone who tills the land will have plenty of bread, but one who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
She rises while it is still night and provides food for her household and tasks for her servant-girls.
The captain came and said to him, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps the god will spare us a thought so that we do not perish.”
Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers;
Come to a sober and right mind, and sin no more; for some people have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: Anyone unwilling to work should not eat.