Rank 31 to 60 Most Popular Bible Verses About Idleness
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
“11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.”
Acts 17:10-11
“10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”
Related Themes: Trespassing Criticism Omnipotence Frustration Lust
Luke 24:11
“11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.”
Proverbs 19:24
“24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.”
1 Timothy 5:8
“8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”
Related Themes: Money Finances Respecting Your Parents Children Laziness
Proverbs 21:25-26
“25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.”
Matthew 20:3
“3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,”
Exodus 5:17
“17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.”
1 Corinthians 15:58
“58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
Related Themes: Reaping Consistency Perseverance Diligence Motivation
Proverbs 24:34
“34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.”
Proverbs 10:26
“26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.”
Related Themes: Laziness
2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
“10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.”
Related Themes: Laziness Work Homelessness
Proverbs 10:4-5
“4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.”
Romans 12:11
“11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;”
Proverbs 26:15
“15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.”
1 Thessalonians 2:9
“9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.”
Related Themes: Labor
Acts 17:21
“21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)”
Related Themes: Strangers
1 Corinthians 5:9
“9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:”
2 Thessalonians 3:7-9
“7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;8 Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.”
Related Themes: Labor
2 Thessalonians 3:6-15
“6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;8 Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.”
Related Themes: Excommunication Traditions
Isaiah 56:10
“10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.”
Related Themes: Lust
Proverbs 6:6-11
“6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.”
Proverbs 6:9
“9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?”
Related Themes: Rest
2 Thessalonians 3:12
“12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.”
Related Themes: Entitlement
Matthew 10:38
“38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.”
Proverbs 26:14
“14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.”
Proverbs 24:30-31
“30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.”
John 3:16
“16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Related Themes: Trespassing Life Love Money Omnipotence
Proverbs 6:10
“10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:”
Related Themes: Time
Proverbs 24:30
“30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;”
