Idle Hands
8 passages
- Proverbs 19:15
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Read it in context - 1 Timothy 5:13
At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
Read it in context - 1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
Read it in context - Proverbs 31:27
She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Read it in context - Ephesians 5:15–16
15Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Read it in context - Ecclesiastes 10:18
Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.
Read it in context - Proverbs 18:9
Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
Read it in context - 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12
10For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.” 11For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being busybodies. 12We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
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