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Want to know what the Bible says about Idleness? Here are 214 Bible verses about Idleness from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Matthew 20:7 NIV
“‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.
“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’
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Proverbs 24:32 NIV
I applied my heart to what I observed
    and learned a lesson from what I saw:
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Romans 10:13 NIV
for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
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Acts 19:19 NIV
A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
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Romans 10:17 NIV
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
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Luke 19:25 NIV
“‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’
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Luke 19:23 NIV
Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’
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Hebrews 11:6 NIV
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
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Proverbs 6:6-8 NIV
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.
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Proverbs 6:8 NIV
yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.
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