Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise.

Proverbs 10:26

Like vinegar to the tooth and like smoke to the eyes, thus [is] the lazy to one who employs him.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy person will not plow in season; he will expect at the harvest, but there [will be] nothing.

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you lie down, lazy? When will you rise up from your sleep?

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.

Job 12:7-8

"But ask [the] animals, and they will teach you, and the birds of the heaven, and they will tell you;

Proverbs 1:17

for "in vain is the net scattered, in the sight of any {winged bird}."

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright [is] a highway.

Proverbs 18:9

Even he who is slack in his work, he is brother to a master of destruction.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

A lazy person buries his hand in the dish, and even to his mouth he will not bring it back.

Proverbs 21:25

The craving of a lazy person will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.

Proverbs 22:13

A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"

Proverbs 24:30-34

I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking {sense};

Proverbs 26:13-16

A lazy person says "A lion [is] in the road! A lion among the streets!"

Proverbs 30:25

The ants [are] a people [who are] not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

Isaiah 1:3

An ox knows its owner and a donkey the manger of its master. Israel does not know; my people do not understand.

Matthew 6:26

Consider the birds of the sky, that they do not sow or reap or gather [produce] into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they [are]?

Matthew 25:26

But his master answered [and] said to him, 'Evil and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter [seed].

Romans 12:11

not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,

Hebrews 6:12

in order that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and patience.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

The ant

Proverbs 1:17
for "in vain is the net scattered, in the sight of any {winged bird}."
Job 12:7
"But ask [the] animals, and they will teach you, and the birds of the heaven, and they will tell you;
Isaiah 1:3
An ox knows its owner and a donkey the manger of its master. Israel does not know; my people do not understand.
Matthew 6:26
Consider the birds of the sky, that they do not sow or reap or gather [produce] into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they [are]?

Thou

Proverbs 6:9
How long will you lie down, lazy? When will you rise up from your sleep?
Proverbs 10:26
Like vinegar to the tooth and like smoke to the eyes, thus [is] the lazy to one who employs him.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright [is] a highway.
Proverbs 18:9
Even he who is slack in his work, he is brother to a master of destruction.
Proverbs 19:15
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 20:4
The lazy person will not plow in season; he will expect at the harvest, but there [will be] nothing.
Proverbs 21:25
The craving of a lazy person will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 22:13
A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"
Proverbs 24:30
I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking {sense};
Proverbs 26:13
A lazy person says "A lion [is] in the road! A lion among the streets!"
Matthew 25:26
But his master answered [and] said to him, 'Evil and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter [seed].
Romans 12:11
not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,
Hebrews 6:12
in order that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and patience.

General references

Exodus 16:21
And they gathered it morning by morning, {each according to what he could eat}, and it melted [when] the sun was hot.
Ruth 2:23
So she stayed close with the maidservants [of] Boaz to glean until the end of the barley harvest and wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest--
Proverbs 21:25
The craving of a lazy person will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.