Proverbs 12:24

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

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Judges 1:30
Zebulun didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor.

Judges 1:31
Asher didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;

Judges 1:32
but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they didn’t drive them out.

Judges 1:33
Naphtali didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath became subject to forced labor.

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Psalms 119:4
You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.

Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Proverbs 27:23
Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,

Proverbs 27:24
for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.

Proverbs 27:25
The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.

Proverbs 27:26
The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.

Proverbs 27:27
There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

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Proverbs 6:9
How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—

Proverbs 10:5
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

Proverbs 15:19
The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”

Proverbs 26:14
As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

Proverbs 26:16
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

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.

Romans 12:11
not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,

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Proverbs 12:23
A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

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Proverbs 12:28
In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

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Jeremiah 48:10
“Cursed is he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.

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Hebrews 6:11
We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

Hebrews 6:12
that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

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