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Proverbs 10:4
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
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Hebrews 6:12
so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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Proverbs 28:24
Whoever robs his father or his mother and says,“ That is no transgression,” is a companion to a man who destroys.
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Matthew 25:26
But his master answered him,‘ You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?
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Proverbs 23:20-21
Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat,for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.
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Romans 12:11
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
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Proverbs 24:30-34
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
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Luke 16:1-2
He also said to the disciples,“ There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.And he called him and said to him,‘ What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
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Luke 15:13-14
Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need.
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Job 30:29
I am a brother of jackals and a companion of ostriches.