6:6-11
Go to the ant, O sluggard;
consider her ways, and be wise.
Without having any chief,
officer, or ruler,
she prepares her bread in summer
and gathers her food in harvest.
How long will you lie there, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
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.
10:4-5
A slack hand causes poverty,
but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
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.
12:14
From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good,
and the work of a man’s hand comes back to him.
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.
13:4
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
13:11
Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
14:1
The wisest of women builds her house,
but folly with her own hands tears it down.
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.
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.
21:5
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
21:25-26
The desire of the sluggard kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.
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!”
23:19-21
Hear, my son, and be wise,
and direct your heart in the way.
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.
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.
25:28
A man without self-control
is like a city broken into and left without walls.
26:12-16
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
There is a lion in the streets!”
As a door turns on its hinges,
so does a sluggard on his bed.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven men who can answer sensibly.
28:19-20
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
A faithful man will abound with blessings,
but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
30:24-28
Four things on earth are small,
but they are exceedingly wise:
the ants are a people not strong,
yet they provide their food in the summer;
the rock badgers are a people not mighty,
yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
the locusts have no king,
yet all of them march in rank;
the lizard you can take in your hands,
yet it is in kings’ palaces.
31:13-15
She seeks wool and flax,
and works with willing hands.
She is like the ships of the merchant;
she brings her food from afar.
She rises while it is yet night
and provides food for her household
and portions for her maidens.
31:21-22
She is not afraid of snow for her household,
for all her household are clothed in scarlet.
She makes bed coverings for herself;
her clothing is fine linen and purple.
31:25
Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the time to come.
31:27
She looks well to the ways of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.