Proverbs 24:31

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• Isaiah 5:5
  And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.
• Ecclesiastes 10:18
  By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.
• Genesis 3:17-19
  ¹⁷ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; ¹⁸ Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; ¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.¹⁷ And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. ¹⁸ Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. ¹⁹ By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
• Jeremiah 4:3
  For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.
• Proverbs 22:13
  The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
• Matthew 13:22
  He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
• Proverbs 19:23
  The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.
• Proverbs 20:4
  The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
• Job 31:40
  Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
• Hebrews 6:8
  But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

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• Laziness