31 Bible Verses about Working Hard And Not Being Lazy
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He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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