Laziness

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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.

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

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.

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; — 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.

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 if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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.

For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

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 →

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. — read the full passage →

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more; — read the full passage →

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means there should be strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

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;

Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you; — read the full passage →

If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

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;

according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.

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

(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

But thisI say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

neither did we eat bread for nought at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

and they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, according as any man had need. — read the full passage →

Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;