Bible Verses about “sloth”

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

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

“not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;”

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

“which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,”

“provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.”

“"But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.”

“By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.”

“There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.”