Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Laziness Leads To ____________ ? (Prov. Unit 11)

Laziness Leads To ____________? (Fill in the Blank)
(Prov. Unit 11)

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Pro 6:6-11 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: (7) Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, (8) Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. (9) How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? (10) Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: (11) So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man.

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A. Lazy People Are Irritating
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(Pro 10:26) As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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B. Lazy People Make Excuses And Want Get up To Work
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(Pro 6:9) How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

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(Pro 20:4) The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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(Pro 22:13) The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
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(Pro 26:13) The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
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(Pro 26:14) As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
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(Pro 18:9) He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
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C. Lazy People End Up With What They Work For Which Is ______
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(Pro 13:4) The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

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(Pro 15:19) The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

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(Pro 21:25) The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.
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D. Lazy People Are Wise in Their Own Eyes But Really Have No Understanding

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26:16) The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

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(Pro 24:30) I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
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E. Lazy People Need Taught .. Even Nature Can teach Them
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(Pro 6:6) Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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F. Lazy People Are Dependent Upon the Government
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(Pro 12:24) The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

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(Pro 12:27) The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.