31 Bible Verses about Working Hard And Not Being Lazy

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Proverbs 24:30

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Proverbs 12:27

The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

Proverbs 18:9

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

Hebrews 5:11

About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.

2 Peter 3:16

as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Jeremiah 48:10

Cursed is he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.

Ecclesiastes 10:15

The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.

Exodus 5:9

Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don't let them pay any attention to lying words."

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

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