Children's Bible

<h3>THE TROUBLES OF THOSE WHO ARE LAZY</h3> <div class='poem'> The lazy man says, "A lion is outside!<br/> I shall be killed in the streets!"<br/> As the door turns on its hinges,<br/> So the lazy man turns on his bed.<br/> He dips his hand in the dish,<br/> But does not bring it to his mouth!<br/> The lazy man is wiser in his own mind,<br/> Than seven who can answer intelligently.<br/> The way of the lazy is hedged in with thorns,<br/> But the path of the diligent is a well-built highway.<br/> <br/> I went by the field of the lazy man,<br/> By the vineyard of him who lacked sense,<br/> It was all overgrown with thorns,<br/> Its surface was covered with nettles,<br/> And its stone wall was broken down.<br/> Then I beheld and reflected,<br/> I saw and received instruction:<br/> A little sleep, a little slumber,<br/> A little folding of the hands to rest,<br/> And your poverty comes as a robber,<br/> And your want as a well-armed man.<br/></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />