27 The slacker does not start after his game, but the wealth of a working man is precious.
Bible verses about "lazy" | LITV
Proverbs 12:27
Jeremiah 15:16
16 Your words were found and I ate them; and Your Word was to me the joy and gladness of my heart. For I am called by Your name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.
Proverbs 6:6
6 Go to the ant, lazy man; consider her ways and be wise;
Proverbs 26:13-16
13 The lazy one says, A lion is in the way, a lion is between the streets!
14 As the door turns on its hinge, so the lazy one on his bed.
15 The lazy one buries his hand in the dish, he is weary to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The lazy one is wiser in his own eyes than seven that return a wise answer.
Proverbs 20:4
4 The lazy man will not plow, after autumn he begs at harvest, and nothing is there.
Proverbs 10:4
4 He who deals with a lazy palm becomes poor, but the hand of the hard worker makes him rich.
Proverbs 20:13
13 Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes, be satisfied with bread.
2 Timothy 3:17
17 so that the man of God may be perfected, fully furnished for every good work.
Proverbs 22:13
13 The lazy one says, A lion is outside! I will be killed in the streets!
Proverbs 21:25
25 The lust of the lazy man kills him, for his hands have refused to work.
Proverbs 24:30-34
30 I went over the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man lacking heart,
31 and, lo, it was all risen up with thistles, nettles had covered its surface, and its stone wall was broken down.
32 Then I saw, I set my heart on it; I looked, I received instruction:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down,
34 so shall your poverty come stalking, and your want like a man with a shield.
2 Thessalonians 3:11-12
James 1:22
22 But become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
Colossians 3:23
23 And whatever you may do, work from the soul as to the Lord and not to men,
Proverbs 6:9
9 How long will you lie down, O lazy man? When will you arise out of your sleep?
1 Timothy 5:8
8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.