19 Bible Verses about Laziness

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.

The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.

And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?

For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise: Having no chief, overseer, or ruler, She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.

For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food. For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others. Now to such we give orders and make request in the Lord Jesus, that, working quietly, they get their living.

But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work, Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest? Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents.read more.
For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.