Bible Cross References
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Proverbs 12:24
Hard work will give you power; being lazy will make you a slave.
Proverbs 14:1
Homes are made by the wisdom of women, but are destroyed by foolishness.
Proverbs 20:4
A farmer too lazy to plow his fields at the right time will have nothing to harvest.
Proverbs 21:25
Lazy people who refuse to work are only killing themselves;
Proverbs 23:21
Drunkards and gluttons will be reduced to poverty. If all you do is eat and sleep, you will soon be wearing rags.
Proverbs 24:30
I walked through the fields and vineyards of a lazy, stupid person.
Proverbs 24:31
They were full of thorn bushes and overgrown with weeds. The stone wall around them had fallen down.
Hebrews 6:11
Our great desire is that each of you keep up your eagerness to the end, so that the things you hope for will come true.
2 Peter 1:5-10
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For this very reason do your best to add goodness to your faith; to your goodness add knowledge;
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to your knowledge add self-control; to your self-control add endurance; to your endurance add godliness;
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to your godliness add Christian affection; and to your Christian affection add love.
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These are the qualities you need, and if you have them in abundance, they will make you active and effective in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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But if you do not have them, you are so shortsighted that you cannot see and have forgotten that you have been purified from your past sins.
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So then, my friends, try even harder to make God's call and his choice of you a permanent experience; if you do so, you will never abandon your faith.