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Proverbs 12:24
The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

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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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Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

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1 Kings 11:28
The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

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Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

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Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

Proverbs 23:21
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Proverbs 26:13
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”

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Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

Proverbs 24:31
Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

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

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

Proverbs 24:34
so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.

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Joshua 16:10
They didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the territory of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do forced labor.

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1 Kings 9:21
their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy—of them Solomon raised a levy of bondservants to this day.

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