19 Bible Verses about Laziness

that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.

He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!

The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!

A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

as to diligent zealousness, not slothful; in spirit fervent; serving the Lord.

The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:

For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat.

How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest! So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God.

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.

For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat. For we hear that there are some walking among you disorderly, not working at all, but busybodies. Now such we enjoin and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that working quietly they eat their own bread.

And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered; thou oughtest then to have put my money to the money-changers, and when I came I should have got what is mine with interest. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that has the ten talents:read more.
for to every one that has shall be given, and he shall be in abundance; but from him that has not, that even which he has shall be taken from him. And cast out the useless bondman into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.