Slothfulness

General Scriptures Concerning

• Proverbs 6:6–11 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. …
• Proverbs 10:4–5 Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. …
• Proverbs 10:26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
• Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
• Proverbs 12:27 A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.
• Proverbs 13:4 The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
• Proverbs 15:19 The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
• Proverbs 18:9 Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
• Proverbs 19:15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
• Proverbs 19:24 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
• Proverbs 20:4 The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
• Proverbs 21:25 The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
• Proverbs 22:13 The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
• Proverbs 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
• Proverbs 24:30–34 I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. …
• Proverbs 26:13–16 The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!” …
• Ecclesiastes 10:18 Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.
• Isaiah 56:10 Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
• Matthew 25:26–27 ‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed. …
• Romans 12:11 Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12 For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.” …
• Hebrews 6:12 Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.