Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Beds » The slothful too fond of
Door » Hinges for
Idleness and sloth » Illustrated
But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid the money of his lord.
And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered;
Laziness » Lazy people
The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful hand shall be under tribute.
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is made plain.
He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.
I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding; and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction: read more.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest! So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest! So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work: He coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets! As the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed. The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish: it wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth. read more.
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that answer discreetly.
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that answer discreetly.