8 Bible Verses about Idleness

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be long-suffering toward all.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to the instruction which ye received from us. For ye yourselves know that ye should imitate us; because we were not disorderly among you; nor did we eat any one's bread, gratuitously: but, in labor and toil, working night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you;read more.
not because we have not authority, but that we might give ourselves as a model to you, that ye might imitate us. For, even when we were with you, this we commanded you, "If anyone is not willing to work, neither let him eat." For we hear of some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, who work not at all, but are busybodies. Now such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with quietness, they eat their own bread. But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing. And, if anyone obey not our word through this letter, note this one, not to associate with him, that he may be ashamed. And regard him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

And, at the same time, they learn to be idle, going around from house to house, and not only idle, but tattlers also and busy-bodies, speaking things which they ought not.

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always false, evil beasts, idle gluttons."

And we desire that each of you show forth the same diligence to the full assurance of the hope to the end; that ye may not become slothful, but imitators of those who, through faith and long-suffering, inherit the promises.

For ye yourselves know that ye should imitate us; because we were not disorderly among you; nor did we eat any one's bread, gratuitously: but, in labor and toil, working night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you; not because we have not authority, but that we might give ourselves as a model to you, that ye might imitate us.