Matthew 20:6

And about five o'clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day without work?'

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

Ezekiel 16:49

"'See here -- this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy.

Luke 23:40-43

But the other rebuked him, saying, "Don't you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

John 9:4

We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.

Acts 17:21

(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)

Hebrews 6:12

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
Luke 23:40
But the other rebuked him, saying, "Don't you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
John 9:4
We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.

Why

Proverbs 19:15
Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
Ezekiel 16:49
"'See here -- this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy.
Acts 17:21
(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)
Hebrews 6:12
so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

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