Thematic Bible: Idleness and sloth


Thematic Bible


Proverbs 26:14
As the door turns on its hinges,
So does the sluggard on his bed.
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Matthew 25:18
But he who received the one talent went away, and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
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Matthew 25:26
“But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.
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Proverbs 19:15
Laziness casts into a deep sleep,
And an idle man will suffer hunger.
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Proverbs 24:34
Then your poverty will come as a robber
And your want like an armed man.
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Proverbs 12:27
A lazy man does not roast his prey,
But the precious possession of a man is diligence.
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Proverbs 26:15
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.
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Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is made fat.
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Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work;
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Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.
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Proverbs 24:34
Then your poverty will come as a robber
And your want like an armed man.
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Proverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep, or you will become poor;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.
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Proverbs 10:4
Poor is he who works with a negligent hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
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Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.
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Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside;
I will be killed in the streets!”
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Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, O sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise,
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Proverbs 6:9
How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
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Romans 12:11
not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
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Hebrews 6:12
so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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2 Thessalonians 3:11
For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies.
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Proverbs 24:30-31
I passed by the field of the sluggard And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense, And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down.


Proverbs 24:30-32
I passed by the field of the sluggard And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense, And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down. When I saw, I reflected upon it; I looked, and received instruction.


1 Timothy 5:13
At the same time they also learn to be idle, as they go around from house to house; and not merely idle, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things not proper to mention.
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Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the slack hand will be put to forced labor.
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Proverbs 26:16
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.
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Proverbs 18:9
He also who is slack in his work
Is brother to him who destroys.
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Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind,
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,
Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;
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