Bible Verses about “slothfulness”
The Bible contains 24 verses about slothfulness 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,”
“Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.”
“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;”
“"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.”
“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.”
“The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.”
“The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.”
“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.”
“that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.”
“The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.”
“As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.”