Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

手懒的，要受贫穷；手勤的，却要富足。

手懒的，必致穷乏；手勤的，却要富足。

手懒的，必致穷乏；手勤的，却要富足。

游手好闲招致贫穷，勤奋努力带来富足。

游手好闲的，招致贫穷，勤力工作的，得到富足。

懒散的手，使人贫穷；殷勤的手，使人富有。

手懶的，要受貧窮；手勤的，卻要富足。

手懶的，必致窮乏；手勤的，卻要富足。

手懶的，必致窮乏；手勤的，卻要富足。

遊手好閒招致貧窮，勤奮努力帶來富足。

游手好閒的，招致貧窮，勤力工作的，得到富足。

懶怠的手掌造成貧窮；殷勤人的手使人富足。

懶散的手，使人貧窮；殷勤的手，使人富有。

手惰者致貧、手勤者致富、

惰則致貧、勤則致富。

經營手惰者必貧、手勤者必富、

Hands that don’t want to work make you poor. But hands that work hard bring wealth to you.

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich.

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring riches.

Poor is one who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring riches.

He becometh poor that dealeth[ with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.

A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.

Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.

A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,

Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks.