31 Bible Verses about Working Hard And Not Being Lazy
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He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
not slothful in earnest care, but fervent in the Spirit, serving the Lord,
I went by the field of the slothful and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding,
The soul of the sluggard desires, and attains nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The deceitful man does not even roast that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness, but of every one that is too hasty, only to want.
He also that is negligent in his work is brother to him that is the great spendthrift.
By much slothfulness the building decays, and through idleness of the hands the rain drips throughout the house.
The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is made plain.
that ye not become slothful, but imitators of those who by faith and patience inherit the promises.
In all labour there is fruit, but to talk and not do, brings poverty.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Of whom we have many things to say and difficult to declare, seeing ye are hard of hearing.
for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall cause them to wear rags.
Seest thou a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.
He that gathers in summer is a wise son, but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.
For even when we were with you, this we declared unto you, that if anyone desires not to work neither should he eat.
For we hear that there are some who walk among you out of order, not working at all, but are busybodies.
in almost all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, among which are some things that are hard to understand, which those that are ignorant and unstable twist, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Cursed be he that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keeps back his sword from blood.
The labour of the foolish wearies all of them because they do not know how to go to the city.
Let more work be laid upon them that they may occupy themselves with it; and let them not regard words of deception.
A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is sadness unto his mother.
Therefore, beloved, seeing that ye hope for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless.
He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens his lips often shall have calamity.
Whatever thy hand finds to do, do it with all thy might, for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, where thou goest.
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- Avoiding Poverty
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- Capitalism
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- Diligence, Rewards Of
- Doing Your Best
- Employees
- Forced Labour
- Hard Tasks
- Idleness
- Idleness Leads To
- Idleness, Consequences Of
