The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 12:25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 27:1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Ecclesiastes 11:4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke 9:59And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Luke 12:35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
Luke 12:40Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
John 9:4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Ephesians 5:15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Hebrews 12:11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
James 4:17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.