15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Bible verses about "laziness" | UKJV
Proverbs 19:15
Proverbs 12:24
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 6:6
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 26:13-16
13 The slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
14 As the door turns upon his hinges, so does the slothful upon his bed.
15 The slothful hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
Proverbs 14:23
23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to destitution.
John 5:17
17 But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now, and I work.
2 Thessalonians 3:11-12
James 1:22
22 But be all of you doers of the word, (o. logos) and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
James 4:17
17 Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
Hebrews 13:16
16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Proverbs 21:25
25 The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Proverbs 24:30-34
30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34 So shall your poverty come as one that travels; and your lack as an armed man.
Proverbs 20:4
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:13
13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 18:9
9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great destroyer.
1 Timothy 5:8
8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Proverbs 10:4
4 He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
2 Thessalonians 3:10
10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Colossians 3:23
23 And whatsoever all of you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Proverbs 13:4
4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.