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Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

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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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Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

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1 Kings 11:28
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

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Proverbs 22:29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

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Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Proverbs 26:13
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

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Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Proverbs 24:31
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

Proverbs 24:32
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

Proverbs 24:33
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Proverbs 24:34
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

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Joshua 16:10
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

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1 Kings 9:21
Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

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