5 Bible Verses about Idleness, Consequences Of

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful hand shall be under tribute.

I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding; and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:read more.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest! So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.