Proverbs 6:6

Against Sloth

⁵ Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler. ⁶ Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; ⁷ Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler,

Go to the Ant

Lazy Man

Proverbs 10:26

As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So is the slothful to those sending him.

Proverbs 20:4

Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

Proverbs 6:9

Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Job 12:7-8

And yet, ask, I pray thee, One of the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.

Proverbs 1:17

Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the slothful is as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.

Proverbs 18:9

He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he is to a destroyer.

Proverbs 19:15

Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.

Proverbs 22:13

The slothful hath said, 'A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

Proverbs 24:30-34

Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

Proverbs 26:13-16

The slothful hath said, 'A lion is in the way, A lion is in the broad places.'

Proverbs 30:25

The ants are a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,

Isaiah 1:3

An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.

Matthew 6:26

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

Matthew 25:26

'And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!

Romans 12:11

in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

Hebrews 6:12

that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.