Bible Verses About Idleness and Sloth: Poverty
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Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Verses on Poverty
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.