Bible verses about "sloth" | BSB

⁶ Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. ⁷ Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, ⁸ it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.

¹⁵ Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

¹¹ Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

¹³ I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

²⁵ The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work. ²⁶ All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.

²⁶ ‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.

³⁰ I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. ³¹ Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. ³² I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction: ³³ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, ³⁴ and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

¹⁸ Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.

¹⁹ The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

²³ Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,

²⁴ The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

¹⁰ For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”

⁴ The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.