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Proverbs 10:4
He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
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Hebrews 6:12
that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
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Proverbs 28:24
Whoever robs his father or his mother and says,“ It’s not wrong,” is a partner with a destroyer.
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Matthew 25:26
“ But his lord answered him,‘ You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.
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Proverbs 23:20-21
Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
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Romans 12:11
not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
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Proverbs 24:30-34
I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding:Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.
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Luke 16:1-2
He also said to his disciples,“ There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.He called him, and said to him,‘ What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
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Luke 15:13-14
Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
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Job 30:29
I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.