Idle Hands Are The Devils Playground

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

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

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; — read the full passage →

By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; — read the full passage →

For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us. — read the full passage →

Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water; — read the full passage →

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”

Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth. — read the full passage →

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife. — read the full passage →

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly. — read the full passage →

Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations. — read the full passage →

At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

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

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”

For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn’t behave ourselves rebelliously among you, — read the full passage →

We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.

But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation; — read the full passage →

who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. — read the full passage →

Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died. — read the full passage →

Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. — read the full passage →

But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry; — read the full passage →

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; — read the full passage →

But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. — read the full passage →

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me. — read the full passage →

But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.