Bible Verses about “idleness”
The Bible contains 17 verses about idleness 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.”
“¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.”
“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.”
“[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:”
“¶ 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.”
“¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.”
“Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.”
“¶ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.”
“By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.”