26 Bible Verses about Idleness And Sloth
Want to know what the Bible says about Idleness And Sloth? Here are 26 Bible verses about Idleness And Sloth from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Romans 12:11 NIV
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
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Hebrews 6:12 NIV
We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
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Proverbs 12:27 NIV
The lazy do not roast any game,
but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
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Proverbs 26:15 NIV
A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
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Proverbs 18:9 NIV
One who is slack in his work
is brother to one who destroys.
is brother to one who destroys.
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Proverbs 26:16 NIV
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven people who answer discreetly.
than seven people who answer discreetly.
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Proverbs 10:4 NIV
Lazy hands make for poverty,
but diligent hands bring wealth.
but diligent hands bring wealth.
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Proverbs 20:13 NIV
Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;
stay awake and you will have food to spare.
stay awake and you will have food to spare.
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Proverbs 20:4 NIV
Sluggards do not plow in season;
so at harvest time they look but find nothing.
so at harvest time they look but find nothing.
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Proverbs 24:34 NIV
and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
and scarcity like an armed man.
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Proverbs 19:15 NIV
Laziness brings on deep sleep,
and the shiftless go hungry.
and the shiftless go hungry.
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Proverbs 12:24 NIV
Diligent hands will rule,
but laziness ends in forced labor.
but laziness ends in forced labor.
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Proverbs 13:4 NIV
A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,
but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
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Proverbs 21:25 NIV
The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,
because his hands refuse to work.
because his hands refuse to work.
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Proverbs 24:30-31 NIV
30 I went past the field of a sluggard,
past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 thorns had come up everywhere,
the ground was covered with weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.
past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 thorns had come up everywhere,
the ground was covered with weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.
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1 Timothy 5:13 NIV
Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to.
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Proverbs 24:30-32 NIV
30 I went past the field of a sluggard,
past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 thorns had come up everywhere,
the ground was covered with weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.
32 I applied my heart to what I observed
and learned a lesson from what I saw:
past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 thorns had come up everywhere,
the ground was covered with weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.
32 I applied my heart to what I observed
and learned a lesson from what I saw:
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Proverbs 6:9 NIV
How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
When will you get up from your sleep?
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Proverbs 22:13 NIV
The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
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