19 Bible Verses about Laziness

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"

The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit,serve the Lord.

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

making the best use of 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 stop while I leave it and come down to you?"

For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents.read more.
For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'