"The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute."
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Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
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.
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful [hand] shall be under tribute.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, But laziness ends in slave labor.
The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.