Idle Time

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.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

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

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

That servant, who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

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

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.

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

Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.

For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies. — read the full passage →

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

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

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.

Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ — read the full passage →

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire. — read the full passage →

For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts;

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

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

“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God’s creation, says these things: — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith, are rejected.

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

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, — read the full passage →

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

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

If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me.” — read the full passage →

He sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

But he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent.”

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. — read the full passage →

a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep; — read the full passage →

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

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

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. — read the full passage →

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

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

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.

See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.”

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

“Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or, ‘There,’ don’t believe it. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ — read the full passage →

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →

At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. — read the full passage →

Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.