5 Bible Verses about Idleness, Consequences Of

Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread.

The lazy one will not plow; after the autumn he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.

Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The hand of the hard worker shall bear rule, but the lazy shall be under service.

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man without understanding; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw; I set my heart on it; I looked and I received instruction.read more.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down; then your poverty comes stalking, and your want like a man armed with a shield.