Proverbs 21:25

⁴The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

²⁶“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.

²⁴The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

¹⁹The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

¹⁶The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

²⁴The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

²⁷The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

³⁰I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. ³¹Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. ³²Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: ³³a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, ³⁴so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.

⁴The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

¹³The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”