19 Bible Verses about Laziness

that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.

The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter; thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents.read more.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away. And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.