Bible Verses about “sluggard”

“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”

“And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;”

“And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”

“¶ 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.”

“¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.”

“¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.”

“¶ 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?”

“[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.”

“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.”

“¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.”

“¶ The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.”

“¶ [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.”