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?
The eleventh
Bible References
The eleventh
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
Luke 23:40
But the other answered, rebuking him: “Don’t you even fear God, since you are undergoing the same punishment?
John 9:4 We must do the works of Him who sent Me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.
Why
Proverbs 19:15 Laziness induces deep sleep,
and a lazy person will go hungry.
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.
Acts 17:21
Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.
Hebrews 6:12
so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.