Quotes about Diligence
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
- Proverbs 6:9
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
- Proverbs 6:10
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- Proverbs 10:4
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
- Proverbs 10:26
The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
- Proverbs 12:24
A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.
- Proverbs 12:27
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
- Proverbs 13:4
The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- Proverbs 15:19
A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
- Proverbs 16:26
Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
- Proverbs 18:9
Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
- Proverbs 19:2
The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
- Proverbs 19:24