20 Bible Verses about Idleness

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.

The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets. As the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth 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.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us. For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:read more.
not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us. For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing. And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed. And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.

And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end: that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you: not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.