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¹⁸Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

⁹How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
¹⁰Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
¹¹So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

¹⁹The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

⁹He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

²⁸But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
²⁹He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
³⁰And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
³¹Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
³²For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

¹¹Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

¹²That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.