Holy Scripture

Proverbs 6:9

A church father on this verse
“How long, sluggard, will you sleep? etc. How long will you sleep in vices when you can rise to do well, you who, weighed down by noxious sloth, always say, "Let me still lie a little, and thus afterward I will rise by repenting"? For it happens that, while you always delay doing good work, suddenly the judge who consi…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Proverbs

Source: Septuagint

Original

9How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard? And when wilt thou awake out of sleep?

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7For whereas he has no husbandry, Nor anyone to compel him, And is under no master,

8He prepares food for himself in the summer, And lays by abundant store in harvest. a Or go to the bee, And learn how diligent she is, And how earnestly she is engaged in her work; b Whose labors kings and private men use for health, And she is desired and respected by all: c Though weak in body, She is advanced by honoring wisdom.

— Proverbs 6:9 —

10Thou sleepest a little, and thou restest a little, and thou slumberest a short time, And thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little.

11Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveler, And want as a swift courier: a But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall arrive as a fountain, And poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.

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