And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.
For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.
And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.
The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”
For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried,
And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’
And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.
What will you do on the day of the appointed festival, and on the day of the feast of the Lord?
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
Whoever pampers his servant from childhood will in the end find him his heir.
Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations? When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered, the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field. There will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!” As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth. The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.
The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What should be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” And Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?”
But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”
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