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Bible Verses about “laziness

Found 25 verses (ordered by relevance) about “laziness” in the WEB version of the Bible

1 Timothy 5:8
1400 votes

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.

Colossians 3:23
757 votes

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

James 4:17
454 votes

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.

James 1:22
415 votes

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

2 Thessalonians 3:10
327 votes

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."

Proverbs 6:6
166 votes

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

Proverbs 13:4
121 votes

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

Proverbs 10:4
100 votes

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

Proverbs 18:9
96 votes

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Proverbs 14:23
88 votes

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 24:33
79 votes

a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

Proverbs 19:15
77 votes

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 24:34
77 votes

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

Proverbs 12:24
75 votes

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

Proverbs 24:30
72 votes

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Proverbs 24:31
72 votes

Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

Proverbs 24:32
72 votes

Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

Proverbs 20:4
69 votes

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 20:13
41 votes

Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 21:25
36 votes

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

John 5:17
17 votes

But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."

Proverbs 26:13
12 votes

The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

Proverbs 26:14
12 votes

As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

Proverbs 26:16
12 votes

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

Proverbs 26:15
6 votes

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.