Podcast E18 - Industry and Sloth

6:6 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

6:7 Without having any chief, officer, or ruler,

6:8 she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.

6:9 How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?

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

6:11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

10:4 A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

10:5 He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.

10:26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

12:11 Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

12:24 The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

12:27 Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.[h]

13:4 The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

14:23 In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

15:19 The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

16:26 A worker's appetite works for him; his mouth urges him on.

18:9 Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

19:15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

19:24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

20:4 The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

20:13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

21:17 Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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

21:26 All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

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

22:29 Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

24:27 Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.

24:30 I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,

24:31 and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

24:32 Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.

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

24:34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

25:13 Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.

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

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

26:15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.

26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.

27:18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.

28:19 Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

28:20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.