36 Bible Verses about Sluggards

Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise. It has no commander, officer, or ruler, but prepares its provisions in the summer and gathers its food in the harvest.

The lazy person does not roast what he has hunted, but diligence is one's most important possession.

The lifestyle of the lazy is like a thorny hedge, but the path taken by the upright is an open highway.

The lazy person buries his hand in his dish and doesn't bother to bring it back to his mouth.

A lazy person doesn't plow in the proper season; he looks for a harvest, but there is nothing.

What the lazy person craves will kill him, because his hands refuse to work.

I went by the field belonging to a lazy man, by a vineyard belonging to a senseless person. There it was, overgrown with thistles, the ground covered with thorns, its stone wall collapsed.

The lazy person buries his hand in the dish, but he's too tired to bring it to his mouth again.

How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep?

The door turns on its hinges as does the lazy person on his bed.

The lazy person says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the street!"

The lazy person claims, "There is a lion in the road! There's a lion in the streets!"

The lazy person craves, yet receives nothing, but the desires of the diligent are satisfied.

What the lazy person craves will kill him, because his hands refuse to work. All day long he continues to crave, while the righteous person gives without holding back.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man.

Lazy hands bring poverty, but hard-working hands lead to wealth. Whoever harvests during summer acts wisely, but the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful.

The diligent will take control, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.

Whoever is lazy regarding his work is also a brother to the master of destruction.

Laziness puts one to sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.

Do not love sleep or you'll become poor, keep your eyes open and you'll have plenty of food.

"A little sleep! A little slumber! A little folding of my hands to rest!" Then your poverty will come upon you like a robber, your need like an armed bandit.

As vinegar is to the mouth and smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy person to those who send him.

The lazy person is wiser in his own opinion than seven men who can give an appropriate response.

Lazy hands bring poverty, but hard-working hands lead to wealth.

Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise. It has no commander, officer, or ruler, but prepares its provisions in the summer and gathers its food in the harvest.read more.
How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man.

Whoever tills his soil will have a lot to eat, but anyone who pursues fantasies lacks sense.

In hard work there is always profit, but too much chattering leads to poverty.

Whoever works his farmland will have abundant food, but whoever chases fantasies will become very poor.

When he went out about nine o'clock, he saw others standing in the marketplace without work.

"Then the one who had received one talent came forward and said, "Master, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you haven't planted and gathering where you haven't scattered any seed. Since I was afraid, I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Here, take what's yours!' "His master answered him, "You evil and lazy servant! So you knew that I harvested where I haven't planted and gathered where I haven't scattered any seed? read more.
Then you should've invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would've received my money back with interest.' Then the master said, "Take the talent from him and give it to the man who has the ten talents, because to everyone who has something, more will be given, and he'll have more than enough. But from the person who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away from him. Throw this useless servant into the darkness outside! In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'"

We urge you, brothers, to admonish those who are idle, cheer up those who are discouraged, and help those who are weak. Be patient with everyone.

In the name of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is living in idleness and not living according to the tradition that they received from us.

At the same time, they also learn how to be lazy while going from house to house. Not only this, but they even become gossips and keep busy by interfering in other people's lives, saying things they should not say.

One of their very own prophets said, "Liars ever, men of Crete, savage brutes that live to eat."

Our own people should also learn to make good deeds a priority when urgent needs arise, so they won't be unproductive.

Then, instead of being lazy, you will imitate those who are inheriting the promises through faith and patience.