Idleness

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Bible verses about “Idleness”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
• Proverbs 6:7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
• Proverbs 6:8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
• Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
• Proverbs 6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
• Proverbs 6:11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
• Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
• Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
• Proverbs 10:26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
• Proverbs 12:9He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
• Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
• Proverbs 12:27The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
• Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
• Proverbs 14:23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
• Proverbs 15:19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
• Proverbs 18:9He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
• Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
• Proverbs 19:24A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
• Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
• Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
• Proverbs 21:25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
• Proverbs 21:26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
• Proverbs 22:13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
• Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
• Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
• Proverbs 24:31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
• Proverbs 24:32Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
• Proverbs 24:33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
• Proverbs 24:34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
• Proverbs 26:13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
• Proverbs 26:14As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
• Proverbs 26:15The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
• Proverbs 26:16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
• Ecclesiastes 4:5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
• Ecclesiastes 10:18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
• Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
• Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
• Matthew 20:6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
• Matthew 20:7They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
• Luke 19:20And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: