31 Bible Verses about Working Hard And Not Being Lazy
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A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches.
not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,
I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking {sense};
The soul of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.
The lazy person will not plow in season; he will expect at the harvest, but there [will be] nothing.
The plans of the diligent only [lead] to abundance, but all who are hasty, only to want.
Even he who is slack in his work, he is brother to a master of destruction.
Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.
The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright [is] a highway.
in order that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and patience.
In all toil, there is profit, but the {talk} of lips [leads] only to poverty.
How long will you lie down, lazy? When will you rise up from your sleep?
Concerning this {we have much to say and it is difficult to explain}, since you have become sluggish in hearing.
For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and [with] rags, drowsiness will clothe them
A man who is skillful in his work, you shall see: before kings, he will serve; he will not serve before the commoners.
He who gathers in the summer [is] a child who is prudent; he who sleeps at the harvest [is] a child who brings shame.
For even when we were with you, we used to command this to you: that if anyone does not want to work, neither should he eat.
For we hear [that] some among you are living irresponsibly, working [at] nothing, but being busybodies.
as [he does] also in all his letters, speaking in them about these [things], in which there are some [things] hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, as [they] also [do] the rest of the scriptures.
[The one who] does the work of Yahweh [with] slackness [is] cursed, and [the one who] keeps away blood from his sword [is] cursed.
The fool is so worn out by a hard day's work {he cannot even find his way home at night}.
Let the work be heavier on the men so that they will do it and not pay attention to words of deception."
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.
Therefore, dear friends, [because you] are waiting for these [things], make every effort to be found at peace, spotless and unblemished in him.
Whatever your hand finds to do--do [it] with [all] your might; for in Sheol--where you are going--no one works, plans, knows, or thinks about anything.
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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
