36 Bible Verses about Sluggards

Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise. Which, having no chief, overseer, or ruler, provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting, but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns. The face of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it was broken down.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. It wearies him to bring it again to his mouth.

How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?

The door turns upon its hinges, so does the sluggard upon his bed.

The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.

The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. There is he who covets greedily all the day long, but the righteous gives and does not withhold.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.

He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.

[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

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

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can render a reason.

He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise. Which, having no chief, overseer, or ruler, provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.read more.
How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.

In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips [tends] only to poverty.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.

And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others having stood idle in the marketplace.

And the man who received the one talent also having come, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou are a hard man, reaping where thou did not sow, and gathering from where thou did not scatter. And after being afraid, having gone, I hid thy talent in the ground. Lo, thou have thine own. But having answered, his lord said to him, Thou evil and lazy bondman, thou knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather from where I did not scatter.read more.
Thou ought therefore to have placed my silver with the bankers, and having come I would have received back my own with interest. Take ye therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to every man who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him. And cast ye the unprofitable bondman into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

And we encourage you, brothers, admonish the unruly, strengthen the weak-spirited, help the infirmed, be patient toward all.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, for you to withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition, which they received from us.

And also at the same time they learn to be idle, roving the houses, and not only idle, but also babbling and meddlesome, speaking things that they ought not.

A certain man of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies.

And also let our men learn to be in the lead of good works for the essential needs, so that they may not be unfruitful.

so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.