Thematic Bible: Idleness and sloth


Thematic Bible



The door, turneth on its hinges, and, the sluggard, upon his bed. Verse ConceptsLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfSluggardsWasting TimeBedssloth

But, he who the one had received, went away, and digged up ground, and hid the silver of his lord. Verse ConceptsTalentsExcavationHidden ThingsOne Material ThingHoles In The GroundGifts And TalentsMoney Blessingsinvestinghiding

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? Verse ConceptsTalentsSlothfulnessNot SowingNot Reaping What You SowKnowing God's Character



Indolence, roasteth not, his own game, but, the substance of a man, is precious, when he is diligent. Verse ConceptsCooking, MethodsComplacencySluggardsThriftHuntingFrugalityMen WorkingWorking Hard And Not Being Lazypossessionsslothgames

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. Verse ConceptsSluggardsPots For Cooking And Eating


The craving of the sluggard, killeth him, for his hands have refused to work. Verse ConceptsIdle HandsSluggardsIdleness Leads ToSloth, Leads ToDeath For Other Reasonssloth






Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain. Verse ConceptsExcusesIdlenessRoadsSluggardsLazinessProcrastinationSlothfulnessIn Danger From Lionscrusadessloth


How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep? Verse ConceptsSluggardsRising LateThe Love Of SleepWake Up!Working Hard And Not Being Lazyawakeningsloth



We hear, in fact, of some who are walking among you in a disorderly way, at nothing, working, yet too busily working! Verse ConceptsBusynessBusybodiesLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfServants, BadSloth Examples OfMeddlingSlothfulnessWorking Hard And Not Being Lazyactinggossipingoverworking

By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense; And lo! there had come up all over it - thorns, there had covered the face thereof - thistles, and, the stone fence thereof, had been thrown down.

By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense; And lo! there had come up all over it - thorns, there had covered the face thereof - thistles, and, the stone fence thereof, had been thrown down. So I observed it, for myself, I applied my heart, I looked - I accepted correction:

At the same time, to be idlers, are they learning, going about from house to house; and, not only idlers, but, gossips, also, and, busybodies, - saying the things they ought not, Verse ConceptsBackbitingBusybodiesGossipHabitsIdlenessLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfRumoursSluggardsIdleness Leads ToMeddlingRecreationSloth, Leads ToNot Being StillNot StillMinding Your Own Businessgossiping


Wiser is the sluggard in his own eyes, than, seven persons, who can answer with judgment. Verse ConceptsSluggardsSeven PeopleFalse Wisdomsloth

Surely he that is slothful in his work, brother, is he to a master at laying waste. Verse ConceptsLazinessServants, BadSluggardsBusiness EthicsSlothfulnessThose Who DestroyWorking Hard And Not Being Lazysloth

His watchmen, are blind None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark, - Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber. Verse ConceptsDumbnessDaydreamingOccupationsSleep, SpiritualSleep, PhysicalWatchmanSloth Examples OfSleep, Warnings AgainstBarking And HowlingDumbThose Who Were IgnorantPetsawakening