Matthew 20:6

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he *said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness casts into a deep sleep,
And an idle man will suffer hunger.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

Ezekiel 16:49

Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy.

Luke 23:40-43

But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

John 9:4

We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

Acts 17:21

(Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)

Hebrews 6:12

so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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Matthew 20:6

And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

The eleventh

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Luke 23:40

John 9:4

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