Matthew 20:6
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About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
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While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.