36 Bible Verses about Sluggards

Go to the ant, you slacker!
Observe its ways and become wise.
Without leader, administrator, or ruler,
it prepares its provisions in summer;
it gathers its food during harvest.

A lazy man doesn’t roast his game,
but to a diligent man, his wealth is precious.

A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge,
but the path of the upright is a highway.

The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth.

The slacker does not plow during planting season;
at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.

A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.

I went by the field of a slacker
and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense.
Thistles had come up everywhere,
weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was ruined.

The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he is too weary to bring it to his mouth.

How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep?

A door turns on its hinges,
and a slacker, on his bed.

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”

The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.

A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.
He is filled with craving all day long,
but the righteous give and don’t hold back.

A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the arms to rest,
and your poverty will come like a robber,
your need, like a bandit.

Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches. The son who gathers during summer is prudent;
the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful.

The diligent hand will rule,
but laziness will lead to forced labor.

The one who is truly lazy in his work
is brother to a vandal.

Laziness induces deep sleep,
and a lazy person will go hungry.

Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor;
open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.

a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the arms to rest,
and your poverty will come like a robber,
your need, like a bandit.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.

In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser
than seven men who can answer sensibly.

Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.

Go to the ant, you slacker!
Observe its ways and become wise.
Without leader, administrator, or ruler,
it prepares its provisions in summer;
it gathers its food during harvest.
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How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the arms to rest,
and your poverty will come like a robber,
your need, like a bandit.

The one who works his land will have plenty of food,
but whoever chases fantasies lacks sense.

There is profit in all hard work,
but endless talk leads only to poverty.

The one who works his land
will have plenty of food,
but whoever chases fantasies
will have his fill of poverty.

When he went out about nine in the morning, he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

“Then the man who had received one talent also approached and said, ‘Master, I know you. You’re a difficult man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed. So I was afraid and went off and hid your talent in the ground. Look, you have what is yours.’ “But his master replied to him, ‘You evil, lazy slave! If you knew that I reap where I haven’t sown and gather where I haven’t scattered, read more.
then you should have deposited my money with the bankers. And when I returned I would have received my money back with interest. “‘So take the talent from him and give it to the one who has 10 talents. For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. And throw this good-for-nothing slave into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

And we exhort you, brothers: warn those who are irresponsible, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother who walks irresponsibly and not according to the tradition received from us.

At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going from house to house; they are not only idle, but are also gossips and busybodies, saying things they shouldn’t say.

One of their very own prophets said,

Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.

And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works for cases of urgent need, so that they will not be unfruitful.

so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.