Matthew 20:6

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?'

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might,for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Ezekiel 16:49

Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.

Luke 23:40-43

But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

John 9:4

We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

Acts 17:21

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.

Hebrews 6:12

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

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Summary

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?

Bible References

The eleventh

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might,for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Luke 23:40
But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
John 9:4
We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

Why

Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
Ezekiel 16:49
Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.
Acts 17:21
Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.
Hebrews 6:12
so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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