slothful: Exodus 5:17; Proverbs 6:6-9, Proverbs 10:26, Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 18:9, Proverbs 22:29, Proverbs 24:30-34, Proverbs 26:13-16; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Isaiah 56:10; Matthew 25:26; Acts 20:34-35; Ephesians 4:28; 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12; 1 Timothy 5:13; Hebrews 6:10-11
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Romans 12:11
Romans 12:11
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