Laziness & diligence

Prov. 10:5 ….he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Laziness is equated with sleeping in harvest time.
20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Laziness is failing to plow in the right season.
12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Those who till the land will have plenty of bread.
28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
An idle person will suffer hunger.
12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The lazy are said to have unfulfilled cravings, while the diligent do not.
12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
They are said to be wiser in their own eyes than seven people who can answerer discreetly.
26:14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
The sluggard is satirized as one who turns in bed as a door turns on its hinges and as one who gives ridiculous reasons for staying at home.
26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
19:24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Some are even said to be too lazy to lift food from the dish to their mouths.
26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Sending a lazy person on an errand is said to be as irritating to the wise as smoke to the eyes or vinegar to the teeth.
18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Those who are slack in their work are considered as undesirable as those who are destructive.