Lazy People

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

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

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

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

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

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he 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, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

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

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

since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?

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

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

“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 →

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.

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

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

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

Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

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

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

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

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

Go to the ant, you 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, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; — read the full passage →

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”

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

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

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.

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

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!” — read the full passage →

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

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 →

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.

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

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

“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.

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 eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Don’t be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them: — read the full passage →

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

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. — read the full passage →

Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

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.

“He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. — read the full passage →

for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.

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

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in 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 who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.

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

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,

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — 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.

I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, — read the full passage →

For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work 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 →

He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.” — read the full passage →

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

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

We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end, — read the full passage →

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

Whatever you 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 one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion. — read the full passage →

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.” — read the full passage →

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.

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

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you; — read the full passage →

For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;

But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me. — read the full passage →

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’ — read the full passage →

He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.

The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.

Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

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

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. — read the full passage →

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

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 →

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.