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
Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom.
Luke 23:40
The others answered and rebuked him, saying, "Neither fearest thou God because thou art in the same damnation?
John 9:4
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day. The night cometh, when no man can work.
Why
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness bringeth sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Ezekiel 16:49
Behold, the sins of thy sister Sodom, were these: Pride, fullness of meat, abundance and Idleness: these things had she and her daughters. Besides that, they reached not their hand to the poor and needy,
Acts 17:21
For all the Athenians and strangers which were there gave themselves to nothing else, but either to tell or to hear new tidings.
Hebrews 6:12
that ye faint not, but follow them which through faith and patience inherit the promises.