31 Bible Verses about Working Hard And Not Being Lazy
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A slothful hand makes poverty, and the hand of the active will make rich.
The hand of the active shall give dominion: and of the slothful one shall be for tribute.
I passed upon the field of the slothful man, and upon the vineyard of the man wanting heart;
The soul of the slothful one desiring, and nothing: and the soul of the active shall be made fat
The slothful one shall not ensnare his hunting: and the substance of the active man is precious.
The slothful one reproaching will not work: he shall ask in harvest, and nothing.
The purposes of the active only to abundance; and every one hastening only to want
Also he being slothful in his work, he the brother of the master of destruction.
By sloth the frame work will pine away; and by the letting down of the hands, the house will drop.
The way of the slothful as the cutting of the thorn: and the path of the upright was raised up.
That ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them inheriting the promises by faith and longsnffering.
How long, O slothful one, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou rise from thy sleep?
Of whom great is the word to us, and difficult of interpretation to speak, since ye have been sluggish in the hearing.
For the drunkard and the squanderer shall be dispossessed: and slumber shall clothe with rags.
Sawest thou a man apt in his works? Before kings shall he stand; he shall not stand before the dark ones
He gathering in summer, is a prudent son: he lying in deep sleep in harvest, a son causing shame.
For also when we were with you, this we proclaimed to you, that if any will not work, neither should he eat.
For we hear some walking disorderly among you, working nothing, but occupied unprofitably.
As also in all the epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things difficult to understand, which the unlearned and unstable pervert, as also the rest of the writings, to their own perdition.
Cursed he doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, and cursed he withholding his sword from blood.
The labor of the foolish will weary them, because he knew not to go to the city.
The work shall be heavy upon the men, and they shall work in it, and they shall not look upon empty words
And the eyes of Leah weak, and Rachel was fair of form and fair of look.
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son will gladden a father: and a son of the foolish will grieve his mother.
Wherefore, dearly beloved, expecting these, be earnest, spotless and blameless, to be found by him in peace.
He guarding his mouth, watched his soul: he opening wide his lips, destruction to him.
All which thy hand shall find to do, with thy strength, do thou; for no work and understanding and knowledge and wisdom, in hades where thou goest there.
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Related Topics
- Active Lifestyles
- Avoiding Poverty
- Business Ethics
- Busyness
- Capitalism
- Complacency
- Diligence And Laziness Contrasted
- Diligence, Results Of
- Diligence, Rewards Of
- Doing Your Best
- Employees
- Forced Labour
- Hard Tasks
- Idleness
- Idleness Leads To
- Idleness, Consequences Of
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