Idleness

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

General scriptures concerning

• Proverbs 6:6–11 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little…
• Proverbs 10:4–5 Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
• Proverbs 10:26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
• Proverbs 12:9 Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
• 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 14:23 There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
• 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.

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