68 Bible Verses about Lazy People
Want to know what the Bible says about Lazy People? Here are 68 Bible verses about Lazy People 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 26:13-16 NIV
13 A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road,
a fierce lion roaming the streets!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so a sluggard turns on his bed.
15 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven people who answer discreetly.
a fierce lion roaming the streets!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so a sluggard turns on his bed.
15 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven people who answer discreetly.
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1 Corinthians 13:11 NIV
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.
28
James 4:17 NIV
If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
27
Romans 12:11 NIV
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
26
Proverbs 26:16 NIV
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven people who answer discreetly.
than seven people who answer discreetly.
25
Proverbs 13:3 NIV
Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,
but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.
but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.
25
Matthew 25:26 NIV
“His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?
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Ephesians 4:28 NIV
Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
24
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 NIV
11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
23
Proverbs 21:5 NIV
The plans of the diligent lead to profit
as surely as haste leads to poverty.
as surely as haste leads to poverty.
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