Bible Verses about “idle”
The Bible contains 26 verses about idle across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.”
“She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.”
“For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.”
“‹But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.›”
“¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:”
“Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,”
“Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.”
“Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.”
“And withal they learn [to be] idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.”
“¶ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.”
“How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?”
“¶ In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.”
“¶ Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.”
“[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:”
“[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:”
“So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.”
“¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.”
“So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.”
“¶ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.”
“¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;”
“And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.”
“Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.”
“Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.”
“For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;”
“Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:”
“By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.”