11 Bible Verses about Slothfulness

Most Relevant Verses

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside;
I will be killed in the streets!”

Proverbs 24:30

I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,

Proverbs 24:31

And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles;
Its surface was covered with nettles,
And its stone wall was broken down.

Proverbs 26:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square!”

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.

Matthew 25:26

“But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.

2 Thessalonians 3:11

For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies.

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