20 Bible Verses about Lazy
Want to know what the Bible says about Lazy? Here are 20 Bible verses about Lazy 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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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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1 Timothy 5:8 NIV
Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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James 1:22 NIV
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
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Colossians 3:23 NIV
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
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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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2 Thessalonians 3:11-12 NIV
11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies. 12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat.
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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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Proverbs 10:4 NIV
Lazy hands make for poverty,
but diligent hands bring wealth.
but diligent hands bring wealth.
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Proverbs 20:4 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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