31 Bible Verses about Working Hard And Not Being Lazy
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He becomes poor who deals with a lazy hand. The hand of the diligent makes rich.
Do not lag behind in diligence. Be fervent in spirit serving God.
I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding.
The lazy man does not cook what he took in hunting. The substance of a diligent man is precious.
The lazy man will not plow because of the cold. He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
The ideas of the diligent tend only to abundance. But of the one who is hasty it leads to poverty.
He is lazy in his work. His brother destroys.
By indolence the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house collapses.
The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns. But the way of the righteous is a wide path.
We desire that you are not lazy, but follow those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
In all labor there is profit: but idle chatter leads only to destitution.
How long will you sleep, O lazy person? When will you arise from your sleep?
We have many things to say about him and it is hard to explain it to you, for you are dull of hearing (slow to learn).
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
Do you see a man diligent in his business? He will stand before kings. He will not stand before unknown men.
He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps at the harvest is a son who causes shame.
While we were with you, we used to tell you: Whoever refuses to work is not allowed to eat.
We say this because we hear that there are people among you who are lazy and who do nothing except meddle in other people's business.
He spoke about these things in his letters. Some things are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable distort them as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
Curse those who do not do Jehovah's work with all their heart! Curse those who do not slash and kill!
The labor of the foolish wearies everyone of them, because he does not know how to go to the city.
A wise son makes a father glad: but a foolish son is sorrow (depression) (grief) for his mother.
Seeing that you anticipate these things, be diligent that you may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
He who keeps his mouth (watches what he says) keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips (speaks thoughtlessly) will have destruction.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you are going.
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- Capitalism
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- Employees
- Forced Labour
- Hard Tasks
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- Idleness Leads To
- Idleness, Consequences Of
