Lazy People

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.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? — read the full passage →

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

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

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

Seeing that thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?

In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.

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

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

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; Buthe that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

A wise sonhearethhis father’s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of menis tothe diligent.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. — read the full passage →

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

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich. — read the full passage →

By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

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

preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. — read the full passage →

The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets. — read the full passage →

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

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

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 →

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.

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

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; Buthe that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

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;

Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hastyhastethonly to want.

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

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.

Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them: — read the full passage →

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;

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor. — read the full passage →

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

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

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.

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 then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

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

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 →

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

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

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

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;

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

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.

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

If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food, — read the full passage →

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

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

And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. — read the full passage →

And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end: — read the full passage →

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

The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion. — read the full passage →

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

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.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

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

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as alsoit iswith you; — read the full passage →

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;

But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me. — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth; — read the full passage →

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.

Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

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 →

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.