214 Bible Verses about Idleness
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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Proverbs 12:27 NIV
The lazy do not roast any game,
but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
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Ephesians 4:28 NIV
Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
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Proverbs 23:21 NIV
for drunkards and gluttons become poor,
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
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Proverbs 26:13-16 NIV
13 A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road,
a fierce lion roaming the streets!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so a sluggard turns on his bed.
15 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven people who answer discreetly.
a fierce lion roaming the streets!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so a sluggard turns on his bed.
15 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven people who answer discreetly.
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Exodus 5:8 NIV
But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
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Proverbs 15:19 NIV
The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,
but the path of the upright is a highway.
but the path of the upright is a highway.
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Proverbs 26:16 NIV
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven people who answer discreetly.
than seven people who answer discreetly.
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Proverbs 22:13 NIV
The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
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1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 NIV
11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
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