Being Lazy

Forit isaswhena man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. — read the full passage →

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. — read the full passage →

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

And he said unto him, Well done, thou good servant: because thou wast found faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies. — read the full passage →

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. — read the full passage →

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you; — read the full passage →

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. — read the full passage →

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men; — read the full passage →

But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter;

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; — read the full passage →

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own. — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith.

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them. — read the full passage →

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter; — read the full passage →

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.