20 Bible Verses about Idleness

But we exhort you, brethren - admonish the disorderly, soothe them of little soul, help the weak, be longsuffering towards all:

A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, even unto his own mouth, will he not bring it back.

He becometh poor, who dealeth with a slack hand, but, the hand of the diligent, maketh rich.

Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.

Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways. The door, turneth on its hinges, and, the sluggard, upon his bed. The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.read more.
Wiser is the sluggard in his own eyes, than, seven persons, who can answer with judgment.

Howbeit, we charge you, brethren, - that, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, ye be withdrawing yourselves from every brother - who, in a disorderly way, doth walk, and not according to the instruction which ye received from us. For, ye yourselves, know, how needful it is to be imitating us, in that we were not disorderly among you, Nor, as a free-gift, did eat, bread, from anyone, but, with toil and hardship, night and day, working, - that we might not burden any of you; -read more.
Not because we have not authority, but that, ourselves, as an ensample, we might hold forth unto you, - to the end ye might he imitating us. For, even when we were with you, this, were we giving in charge unto you, - that, if any will not work, neither let him eat! We hear, in fact, of some who are walking among you in a disorderly way, at nothing, working, yet too busily working! Now, such as these, we charge and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, - that, with quietness, working, their own bread, they be eating. But, ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing; - And, if anyone be not giving ear unto our word through means of this letter, on this one, set a mark - not to be mixing yourselves up with him, - that he may be reproved; And, not as an enemy, be esteeming him, but be admonishing him, as a brother.

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,

Said one from among them, a prophet, of their own! - Cretans! always false, mischievous wild-beasts, idle gluttons:

But we covet that, each one of you, be shewing forth the same diligence, unto the full assurance of the hope throughout: In order that, not slothful, ye may become, but imitators of them who, through faith and patience, were becoming heirs of the promises.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise; Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler, Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.

She looketh well to the goings of her household, and, the bread of idleness, will she not eat.

For, ye yourselves, know, how needful it is to be imitating us, in that we were not disorderly among you, Nor, as a free-gift, did eat, bread, from anyone, but, with toil and hardship, night and day, working, - that we might not burden any of you; - Not because we have not authority, but that, ourselves, as an ensample, we might hold forth unto you, - to the end ye might he imitating us.

How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest: - So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.

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

The hand of the diligent, shall hear rule, but, the indolent, shall come under tribute.

The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.

The way of the sluggard, is like a thorn hedge, but, the path of the upright, is a raised road.

Sloth, falleth into a deep sleep, and, a soul that is indolent, shall famish.