Some people are too lazy to put food in their own mouths.

How long is the lazy man going to lie around? When is he ever going to get up?

"I'll just take a short nap," he says; "I'll fold my hands and rest a while."

If you spend your time sleeping, you will be poor. Keep busy and you will have plenty to eat.

Drunkards and gluttons will be reduced to poverty. If all you do is eat and sleep, you will soon be wearing rags.

Go ahead and take your nap; go ahead and sleep. Fold your hands and rest awhile,

He says, "All the leaders, who are supposed to warn my people, are blind! They know nothing. They are like watch dogs that don't bark---they only lie around and dream. How they love to sleep!

You must do this, because you know that the time has come for you to wake up from your sleep. For the moment when we will be saved is closer now than it was when we first believed.

The night is nearly over, day is almost here. Let us stop doing the things that belong to the dark, and let us take up weapons for fighting in the light.

for anything that is clearly revealed becomes light. That is why it is said, "Wake up, sleeper, and rise from death, and Christ will shine on you."

Being lazy will make you poor, but hard work will make you rich.

A sensible person gathers the crops when they are ready; it is a disgrace to sleep through the time of harvest.

If you spend your time sleeping, you will be poor. Keep busy and you will have plenty to eat.

Drunkards and gluttons will be reduced to poverty. If all you do is eat and sleep, you will soon be wearing rags.

While we were with you, we used to tell you, "Whoever refuses to work is not allowed to eat."