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Proverbs 10:5 - He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs 12:24 - The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 18:9 - He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Proverbs 19:15 - Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 20:4 - The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 22:13 - The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Proverbs 24:30 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Proverbs 24:31 - And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Proverbs 24:32 - Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
Proverbs 24:33 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs 24:34 - So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 26:14 - As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
Proverbs 27:18 - Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 - Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Matthew 25:5 - While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Matthew 25:6 - And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Mark 13:33 - Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Mark 13:34 - For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Mark 13:35 - Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Mark 13:36 - Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Mark 13:37 - And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Luke 12:35 - Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
Luke 12:36 - And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
Luke 12:37 - Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
Luke 12:38 - And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Luke 12:39 - And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
Luke 12:40 - Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Luke 14:16 - Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
Luke 14:17 - And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
Luke 14:18 - And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
Luke 14:19 - And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
Luke 14:20 - And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Luke 14:21 - So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Luke 14:22 - And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
Luke 14:23 - And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Luke 14:24 - For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
John 9:4 - I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Romans 13:11 - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Romans 13:12 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Ephesians 5:14 - Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Colossians 3:23 - And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
1 Thessalonians 5:6 - Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Hebrews 3:13 - But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Hebrews 10:25 - Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
James 4:14 - Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
James 4:17 - Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
1 Peter 4:7 - But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Revelation 3:2 - Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Revelation 3:3 - Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.