26 Bible Verses about sloth
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Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be put to forced labor.
The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made a highway.
The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.
The slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
He becomes poor who has a slack hand: 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 has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the possessions of a diligent man are precious.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
A slothful man hides his hand in his dish, 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 them that send him.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that can answer reasonably.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
From Thematic Bible
The poor » Condition of, often results from » Sloth
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall 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, loving to slumber.
Sloth, Leads To
Proverbs 10:4He becomes poor who has a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.