Proverbs 6:6

Against Sloth

⁵ Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler. ⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise; ⁷ Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler,

Go to the Ant

Lazy Man

Proverbs 10:26

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so, is the sluggard, to them who send him.

Proverbs 20:4

By reason of the autumn, a sluggard will not plough, therefore shall he beg in harvest, and there be nothing.

Proverbs 6:9

How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?

Proverbs 13:4

The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.

Job 12:7-8

But, in very deed, ask, I pray thee, the beasts, and they will teach thee, and the bird of the heavens, and it will tell thee;

Proverbs 1:17

Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the sluggard, is like a thorn hedge, but, the path of the upright, is a raised road.

Proverbs 18:9

Surely he that is slothful in his work, brother, is he to a master at laying waste.

Proverbs 19:15

Sloth, falleth into a deep sleep, and, a soul that is indolent, shall famish.

Proverbs 19:24

A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, even unto his own mouth, will he not bring it back.

Proverbs 21:25

The craving of the sluggard, killeth him, for his hands have refused to work.

Proverbs 22:13

Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.

Proverbs 24:30-34

By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;

Proverbs 26:13-16

Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways.

Proverbs 30:25

The ants, a people, not strong, - yet prepare they, in summer, their food;

Isaiah 1:3

An ox knoweth, his owner, And an ass his masters crib, - Israel, doth not know, My people doth not consider.

Matthew 6:26

Observe intently, the birds of the heaven, - that they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet, your heavenly Father, feedeth, them: Are no, ye, much better than, they?

Matthew 25:26

And his lord, answering, said unto him - O wicked servant, and cowardly, knewest thou that I reap, where I have not sown, and gather, whence I have not winnowed?

Romans 12:11

In business, not slothful, in spirit, fervent, to the Lord, doing service,

Hebrews 6:12

In order that, not slothful, ye may become, but imitators of them who, through faith and patience, were becoming heirs of the promises.