Quotes About Diligence

Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for His house. For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his sons?

Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.

Next to him, Baruch son of Zabbai diligently repaired another section, from the angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.

You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.

if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.

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.

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.

The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.

The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.