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

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、

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

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 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 surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.

The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.

The hand of the diligent will rule, But the lazy man will be put to forced labor.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

A lazy man buries his hand in the bowl, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler,Provides her supplies in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep?A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep—So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.

There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty.

And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

I went by the field of the lazy man, And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was covered with nettles; Its stone wall was broken down.When I saw it, I considered it well; I looked on it and received instruction:A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest;So shall your poverty come like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;

Because of laziness the building decays, And through idleness of hands the house leaks.