Laziness
10 passages
- Proverbs 13:4
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Read it in context - Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men,
Read it in context - 2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
Read it in context - Proverbs 10:4
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Read it in context - Proverbs 18:9
Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
Read it in context - 1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Read it in context - Proverbs 21:25
The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
Read it in context - Proverbs 20:4
The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
Read it in context - Proverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
Read it in context - Proverbs 19:15
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
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