Matthew 20:6

About five o'clock he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, "Why are you standing here all day long without work?'

Proverbs 19:15

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

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever the activity in which you engage, do it with all your ability, because there is no work, no planning, no learning, and no wisdom in the next world where you're going.

Ezekiel 16:49

Look! This was the sin of your sister Sodom and her daughters: Pride, too much food, undisturbed peace, and failure to help the poor and needy.

Luke 23:40-43

But the other criminal rebuked him, "Aren't you afraid of God, since you are suffering the same penalty?

John 9:4

I must do the work of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is approaching, when no one can work.

Acts 17:21

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there used to spend their time doing nothing else other than listening to the latest ideas or repeating them.

Hebrews 6:12

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

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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 the activity in which you engage, do it with all your ability, because there is no work, no planning, no learning, and no wisdom in the next world where you're going.
Luke 23:40
But the other criminal rebuked him, "Aren't you afraid of God, since you are suffering the same penalty?
John 9:4
I must do the work of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is approaching, when no one can work.

Why

Proverbs 19:15
Laziness puts one to sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.
Ezekiel 16:49
Look! This was the sin of your sister Sodom and her daughters: Pride, too much food, undisturbed peace, and failure to help the poor and needy.
Acts 17:21
Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there used to spend their time doing nothing else other than listening to the latest ideas or repeating them.
Hebrews 6:12
Then, instead of being lazy, you will imitate those who are inheriting the promises through faith and patience.

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