19 Bible Verses about Laziness

so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.

He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.

The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,

The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.

For even when we were with you we commanded you this, that if any man will not work, neither let him eat.

How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it, and come down to you?

For ye remember, brothers, our labor and the hardship. For, laboring night and day in order not to burden any of you, we preached to you the good-news of God.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise. Which, having no chief, overseer, or ruler, provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

For even when we were with you we commanded you this, that if any man will not work, neither let him eat. For we hear of some who walk among you disorderly, not working at all, but being busybodies. Now to such men we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with quietness, they should eat their own bread.

But having answered, his lord said to him, Thou evil and lazy bondman, thou knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather from where I did not scatter. Thou ought therefore to have placed my silver with the bankers, and having come I would have received back my own with interest. Take ye therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.read more.
For to every man who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him. And cast ye the unprofitable bondman into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.