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15Laziness sends one into a deep sleep, and a dissolute soul will go hungry.
24The hand of the strong will rule. But anyone who is neglectful will pay tribute.
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.
4The lazy one is willing and then not willing. But the soul of he who labors shall be made fat.
6Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom.
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.
23Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men.
30I passed by the field of a lazy man, and by the vineyard of a foolish man, 31and behold, it was entirely filled with nettles, and thorns had covered its surface, and the stonewall was destroyed. 32When I had seen this, I laid it up in my heart, and by this example, I received discipline. 33You will sleep a little,” I said. “You will slumber briefly. You will fold your hands a little, so as to rest. 34And destitution will overtake you like a runner, and begging will overtake you like an armed man.”
18By laziness, a framework shall be brought down, and by the weakness of hands, a house shall collapse through.
11in solicitude, not lazy; in spirit, fervent; serving the Lord;
24The lazy conceals his hand under his arm, and he will not so much as bring it to his mouth.
25Desires kill the lazy, for his hands are not willing to work at all.
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.
13The lazy one says: “There is a lion outside. I might be slain in the midst of the streets.”
12so that you may not be slow to act, but instead may be imitators of those who, through faith and patience, shall inherit the promises.
19The way of the slothful is like a hedge of thorns. The way of the just is without offense.
9Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.
13The lazy one says, “There is a lion along the way, and a lioness in the roads.” 14Just as a door turns upon its hinges, so also does the lazy one turn upon his bed. 15The lazy one conceals his hand under his arms, and it is a labor for him to move it to his mouth. 16The lazy one seems wiser to himself than seven men speaking judgments.
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.
27The dishonest will not discover gain. But the substance of a man will be like precious gold.
26Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is a lazy one to those who sent him.
26But his lord said to him in response: ‘You evil and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered.
10loving one another with fraternal charity, surpassing one another in honor: 11in solicitude, not lazy; in spirit, fervent; serving the Lord;
17Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.