Bible verses about "sluggard" | Geneva

¹⁵ Then the Lord God tooke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dresse it and keepe it.

⁶ Goe to the pismire, O sluggarde: beholde her waies, and be wise. ⁷ For shee hauing no guide, gouernour, nor ruler, ⁸ Prepareth her meat in the sommer, and gathereth her foode in haruest. ⁹ Howe long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggarde? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe? ¹⁰ Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to sleepe. ¹¹ Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

⁶ Goe to the pismire, O sluggarde: beholde her waies, and be wise.

¹⁴ As the doore turneth vpon his hinges, so doeth the slouthfull man vpon his bed.

¹² A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.

²⁵ The desire of the slouthfull slayeth him: for his hands refuse to worke.

⁸ If there bee any that prouideth not for his owne, and namely for them of his housholde, hee denieth the faith, and is worse then an infidell.

³⁰ I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding. ³¹ And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe. ³² Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction. ³³ Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe. ³⁴ So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

⁶ Goe to the pismire, O sluggarde: beholde her waies, and be wise. ⁷ For shee hauing no guide, gouernour, nor ruler, ⁸ Prepareth her meat in the sommer, and gathereth her foode in haruest.

⁴ The slouthfull will not plowe, because of winter: therefore shall he beg in sommer, but haue nothing.

⁹ He also that is slouthfull in his worke, is euen the brother of him that is a great waster.

⁴ The sluggard lusteth, but his soule hath nought: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.