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Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth[ with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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Hebrews 6:12
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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Proverbs 28:24
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith,[ It is] no transgression; the same[ is] the companion of a destroyer.
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Matthew 25:26
His lord answered and said unto him,[ Thou] wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
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Proverbs 23:20-21
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe[ a man] with rags.
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Romans 12:11
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
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Proverbs 24:30-34
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,[ and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.Then I saw,[ and] considered[ it] well: I looked upon[ it, and] received instruction.[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:So shall thy poverty come[ as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
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Luke 16:1-2
And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
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Luke 15:13-14
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
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Job 30:29
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.