Bible verses about "idleness" | ASV_Strongs

Proverbs 10:4

  4 H7326 He becometh poor H6213 that worketh H7423 with a slack H3709 hand; H3027 But the hand H2742 of the diligent H6238 maketh rich.

Proverbs 31:27

  27 H6822 She looketh well H1979 to the ways H1004 of her household, H398 And eateth H3899 not the bread H6104 of idleness.

Proverbs 12:24

  24 H3027 The hand H2742 of the diligent H4910 shall bear rule; H7423 But the slothful H4522 shall be put under taskwork.

Proverbs 24:30-34

  30 H5674 I went H7704 by the field H376 of the sluggard, H3754 And by the vineyard H120 of the man H2638 void H3820 of understanding;
  31 H5927 And, lo, it was all grown over H7063 with thorns, H6440 The face H3680 thereof was covered H2738 with nettles, H68 And the stone H1444 wall H2040 thereof was broken down.
  32 H2372 Then I beheld, H7896 and considered well; H2372 I saw, H3947 and received H4148 instruction:
  33 H4592 Yet a little H8142 sleep, H4592 a little H8572 slumber, H4592 A little H2264 folding H3027 of the hands H7901 to sleep;
  34 H7389 So shall thy poverty H935 come H1980 as a robber, H4270 And thy want H4043 as an armed H376 man.

Proverbs 20:13

  13 H157 Love H8142 not sleep, H3423 let thou come to poverty; H6491 Open H5869 thine eyes, H7646 and thou shalt be satisfied H3899 with bread.

Proverbs 20:4

  4 H6102 The sluggard H2790 will not plow H2779 by reason of the winter; H7592 Therefore he shall beg H7105 in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 18:9

  9 H7503 He also that is slack H4399 in his work H251 Is brother H1167 to him that is a H7843 destroyer.

Proverbs 21:25

  25 H8378 The desire H6102 of the sluggard H4191 killeth H3027 him; For his hands H3985 refuse H6213 to labor.

Proverbs 14:23

  23 H6089 In all labor H4195 there is profit; H1697 But the talk H8193 of the lips H4270 tendeth only to penury.

Ezekiel 16:49

  49 H5771 Behold, this was the iniquity H269 of thy sister H5467 Sodom: H1347 pride, H7653 fulness H3899 of bread, H7962 and prosperous H8252 ease H1323 was in her and in her daughters; H2388 neither did she strengthen H3027 the hand H6041 of the poor H34 and needy.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

  10 G1063 For G2532 even G3753 when G1510 we were G4314 with G5209 you, G5124 this G3853 we commanded G5213 you, G3754   G1487 If G5100 any G2309 will G3756 not G2038 work, G3366 neither G2068 let him eat.
  11 G1063 For G191 we hear G4043 of G5100 some G4043 that walk G1722 among G5213 you G814 disorderly, G2038 that work G3367 not at all, G235 but G4020 are busybodies.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

  18 H6103 By slothfulness H4746 the roof H4355 sinketh H8220 in; and through idleness H3027 of the hands H1004 the house H1811 leaketh.

Proverbs 19:15

  15 H6103 Slothfulness H5307 casteth H8639 into a deep sleep; H7423 And the idle H5315 soul H7456 shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 13:4

  4 H5315 The soul H6102 of the sluggard H183 desireth, H5315 and hath nothing; But the soul H2742 of the diligent H1878 shall be made fat.

1 Timothy 5:13

  13 G1161 And G260 withal G3129 they learn G692 also to be idle, G4022 going about G3614 from house to house; G1161 and G3756 not G3440 only G692 idle, G235 but G5397 tattlers G2532 also G2532 and G4021 busybodies, G2980 speaking G3588 things which G1163 they ought G3361 not.

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