lazy people

¹⁰Then, too, while we were with you, we insisted on this to you: that if anyone was not willing to work, neither should he eat.

⁸But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.

⁴The neglectful hand has wrought destitution. But the hand of the steadfast prepares riches. He who advances by lies, this one feeds on the wind. For he is the same as one who runs after flying birds.

⁹How long will you slumber, you lazy one? When will you rise up from your sleep? ¹⁰You will sleep a little, you will slumber a little, you will fold your hands a little to sleep, ¹¹and 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.

⁴The lazy one is willing and then not willing. But the soul of he who labors shall be made fat.

²⁴The lazy conceals his hand under his arm, and he will not so much as bring it to his mouth.

⁴Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him.

⁶Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom.

²⁴The hand of the strong will rule. But anyone who is neglectful will pay tribute.

¹⁹Whoever works his land shall be satisfied with bread. But whoever pursues leisure will be filled with need.

¹⁷Truly, you have hated discipline, and you have cast my sermons behind you.

²³In every work, there shall be abundance. But where there are many words, there is often need.

¹⁵Be solicitous in the task of presenting yourself before God as a proven and unashamed worker who has handled the Word of Truth correctly.

¹⁴For it is like a man setting out on a long journey, who called his servants and delivered to them his goods. ¹⁵And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, yet to another he gave one, to each according to his own ability. And promptly, he set out. ¹⁶Then he who had received five talents went out, and he made use of these, and he gained another five. ¹⁷And similarly, he who had received two gained another two. ¹⁸But he who had received one, going out, dug into the earth, and he hid the money of his lord. ¹⁹Yet truly, after a long time, the lord of those servants returned and he settled accounts with them.

⁵He who gathers the harvest is a wise son. But he who snores in warm weather is a son of confusion.

¹A wise son is the doctrine of his father. But he who ridicules does not listen when he is reproved.

⁹Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.

²⁶Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is a lazy one to those who sent him.