TSK · Proverbs 10:4

¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

¶ There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.

¶ The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.

¶ The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

¶ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

¶ And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;