Proverbs 6:9-11

How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

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One song meets this passage

  • “Today, I don't feel like doing anything”

    The Lazy Song · Bruno Mars

    strains against Proverbs 6:9-11

    Scripture warns against the drift of laziness becoming a lifestyle, though here it's clearly comic exaggeration rather than genuine sloth.

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