Proverbs
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
Ecclesiastes
Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.