Slothfulness

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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

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

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

“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.

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

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another; — 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.

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

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

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

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

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

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

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

They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don’t be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

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

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

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can’t bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

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.

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

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.

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

As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

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

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.

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

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

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

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 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 →

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

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

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

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

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

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

Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

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 →

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.

Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ; — read the full passage →

a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

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

He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. — read the full passage →

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

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

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

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

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

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

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

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 →

A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; — read the full passage →

You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that plunder the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom. Beloved

As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious. — read the full passage →

But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

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.

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,