19 Bible Verses about Laziness
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so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.
The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!"
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!"
The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.
For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: "If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat."
How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.
So I sent messengers to them saying, "I am engaged in an important work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work come to a halt when I leave it to come down to you?"
For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise! It has no commander, overseer, or ruler, yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.
For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: "If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat." For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others. Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.
But his master answered, 'Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn't sow and gather where I didn't scatter? Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten.read more.
For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
From Thematic Bible
Laziness » Lazy people
The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.
The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!"
Laziness » Not being lazy
Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.
But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.
Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another. Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.
Laziness » What laziness does
Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat, because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.
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Diligence And Laziness Contrasted
Proverbs 10:4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.