30 Bible Verses about Working Hard And Not Being Lazy
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He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.
I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting, but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
The thoughts of a diligent man [lead] only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to want.
He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.
By slothfulness the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.
so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.
In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips [tends] only to poverty.
How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?
About whom, much subject matter from us is also difficult to explain, since ye have become sluggish in hearing.
See thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.
He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
For even when we were with you we commanded you this, that if any man will not work, neither let him eat.
For we hear of some who walk among you disorderly, not working at all, but being busybodies.
as also in all his letters, speaking in them about these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
Cursed be he who does the work of LORD negligently, and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.
The labor of fools wearies every one of them, for he knows not how to go to the city.
Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard lying words.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Therefore, beloved, anticipating these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, without spot and blameless.
He who guards his mouth keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
Whatever thy hand finds to do, do with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where thou go.
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