26 Bible Verses about sloth
Most Relevant Verses
not slothful in earnest care, but fervent in the Spirit, serving the Lord,
By much slothfulness the building decays, and through idleness of the hands the rain drips throughout the house.
The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is made plain.
The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labour.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
that ye not become slothful, but imitators of those who by faith and patience inherit the promises.
He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
I went by the field of the slothful and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding,
The soul of the sluggard desires, and attains nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The deceitful man does not even roast that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
The slothful man hides his hand in his bosom and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those that send him.
He also that is negligent in his work is brother to him that is the great spendthrift.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can give him counsel.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.
Tzaddi She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat bread in idleness.
for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall cause them to wear rags.
From Thematic Bible
The poor » Condition of, often results from » Sloth
Do not love sleep lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Topics on Sloth
Sloth Examples Of
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant; they are all dumb dogs; they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, they love to slumber.
Sloth, Leads To
Proverbs 10:4He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
