19 Bible Verses about Laziness

In order that, not slothful, ye may become, but imitators of them who, through faith and patience, were becoming heirs of the promises.

He becometh poor, who dealeth 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 who send him.

Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.

Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways.

The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.

In business, not slothful, in spirit, fervent, to the Lord, doing service,

By reason of the autumn, a sluggard will not plough, therefore shall he beg in harvest, and there be nothing.

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

For, even when we were with you, this, were we giving in charge unto you, - that, if any will not work, neither let him eat!

How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest: - So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.

Surely he that is slothful in his work, brother, is he to a master at laying waste.

Buying out for yourselves the opportunity, because, the days, are evil;

So I sent unto them messengers, saying, A great work, am, I, doing, and cannot come down, - wherefore should the work cease whilst I leave it, and come down unto you?

For ye remember, brethren, our toil and hardship: night and day, working, so as not to be a burden unto any of you, we proclaimed unto you the glad-message of God,

Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise; Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler, Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.

For, even when we were with you, this, were we giving in charge unto you, - that, if any will not work, neither let him eat! We hear, in fact, of some who are walking among you in a disorderly way, at nothing, working, yet too busily working! Now, such as these, we charge and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, - that, with quietness, working, their own bread, they be eating.

And his lord, answering, said unto him - O wicked servant, and cowardly, knewest thou that I reap, where I have not sown, and gather, whence I have not winnowed? It was binding on thee, therefore, to cast my silver into the money-changers, - and, I, when I, came, might have obtained what was mine, with interest. Therefore take away, from him, the talent, and give unto him that hath the ten talents;read more.
For, to every one that hath, shall be given, and he shall be made to abound; but, from him that hath not, even what he hath, shall be taken away from him: And, the unprofitable servant, cast ye forth into the darkness, outside: There, shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.