And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 18:9He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 21:25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Proverbs 26:14As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
Proverbs 27:12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Colossians 3:23And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
1 Timothy 5:8But 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.