25 Thought Provoking Bible Verses about Laziness, Being Lazy, & Lazy People.

25 Thought Provoking Bible Verses about Laziness, Being Lazy, & Lazy People.




25 Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging & Thought Provoking Bible Verses, Scriptures, Quotes & Passages about Laziness, Being Lazy & Lazy People. What does the Bible say about Laziness? What does the Bible say about Being Lazy? What Does The Bible Say about Lazy People? What does the Bible say about Not Being Lazy?

25 Bible Verses about Laziness & Being Lazy – What The Bible Says About Lazy People:

Proverbs 13:4, NLT Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.

Proverbs 10:4, CEV Laziness leads to poverty; hard work makes you rich.
See also: 7 Encouraging Bible Verses about Money

Proverbs 6:6-11, ESV Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

2 Thessalonians 3:11-12, ESV For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

Colossians 3:23-24, NLT Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ. See also: Bible Verses about Work Ethic; Bible Verses about Attitude to Work

Proverbs 13:4, ESV The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Hebrews 6:12, NIV We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

2 Thessalonians 3:10b, ESV If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

1 Timothy 5:8, NLT But those who won’t care for their relatives, especially those in their own household, have denied the true faith. Such people are worse than unbelievers.

Proverbs 20:4, NLT Those too lazy to plow in the right season will have no food at the harvest.

Proverbs 14:23, NLT Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty!
Related: Too much talk leads to sin.

Proverbs 26:13, ESV The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!” See also: 10 Funny Bible Verses

Proverbs 12:27, NLT Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch, but the diligent make use of everything they find.




Proverbs 18:9, NLT A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things.

Ephesians 5:15-17, ESV Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. (10 Bible Verses about Using Your Time Wisely.)

Colossians 4:5, NIV Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.

Ephesians 2:10, ESV For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Proverbs 20:13, NIV Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.

Proverbs 26:15, NIV A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

John 5:17, ESV But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”

Proverbs 24:30-34, ESV I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. (May this never be our portion in Jesus’ name, Amen.)

John 9:4, NKJV I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.

2 Corinthians 12:9a, KJV Ad. And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. (Praise God!)

Proverbs 3:5-6, ESV Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Psalm 90:12, ESV So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
So help us God, Amen.

Summary:
Don’t be lazy work hard to the glory of God, and ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE! God will bless your hard work to the glory of His name, Amen.

May God strengthen you and me today and always! And Remember: Wisdom comes from GodGod knows best, and God blesses our efforts to obey Him.






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