5 Bible Verses about Idleness, Consequences Of

Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.

Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will become a slave.

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom. I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down. When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:read more.
"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber."