⁶Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

⁷Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

⁸Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

⁴He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

⁵He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

²⁶As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

²⁴The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

²⁷The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

⁴The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

¹⁹The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

⁹He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

¹⁵Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

²⁴A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

⁴The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

²⁵The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

¹³The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

²¹For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

³⁰I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

³²Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

¹³The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

¹⁴As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

¹⁵The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

¹⁸By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

¹⁰His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

²⁶His 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:

²⁷Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

¹¹Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

¹⁰For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

¹¹For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

¹²Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

¹²That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.