Matthew 20:3

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

Proverbs 19:15

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

Ezekiel 16:49

Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, plenty of food, and comfortable security, but didn’t support the poor and needy.

Matthew 11:16-17

“To what should I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to each other:

Matthew 20:6-7

Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?’

Mark 15:25

Now it was nine in the morning when they crucified Him.

Acts 2:15

For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it’s only nine in the morning.

Acts 17:17-21

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who worshiped God and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.

1 Timothy 5:13

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.

Hebrews 6:12

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

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