Sluggard

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

• Heart
• Rising

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? read more Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. show less

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

• Hinges
• House

As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

• Sarcasm
• Seven

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

• Heart
• Slander

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

• Rising

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: read more So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. show less

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.