Bible Verses about “laziness”
The Bible contains 25 verses about laziness across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.”
“And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,”
“To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.”
“But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.”
“For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."”
“Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;”
“The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.”
“He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.”
“One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.”
“In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.”
“a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;”
“Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.”
“so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.”
“The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.”
“I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;”
“Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.”
“Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:”
“The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.”
“Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.”
“The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.”
“But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."”
“The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"”
“As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.”
“The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.”
“The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.”