Matthew 25:18 Cross References - BSB

¹⁸ But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

⁹ Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

¹³ The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!” ¹⁴ As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed. ¹⁵ The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. ¹⁶ The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

² that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’” ³ Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying: ⁴ “Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”

¹⁰ “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

²⁰ Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.

¹² Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

⁸ For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.