36 Bible Verses about Sluggards

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.

Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.

The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

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

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

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.

How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?

As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.

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.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

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.

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

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

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

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.

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

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.

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

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.read more.
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 works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.' 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?read more.
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. 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.'

And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle,encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."

And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.

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