Top 25 Bible Verses About Idle (NIV)

¹³ Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to.

¹⁵ Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry.

³⁶ But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

¹¹ We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies.

⁶ And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

⁴ Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.

⁸ If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

¹⁷ pray continually;

²⁸ He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.

¹⁸ If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks.

²⁷ She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

¹⁴ And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

⁹ One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

¹² Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat.

²⁴ Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

⁴ Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

¹² So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

¹⁶ "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

¹⁰ For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."

⁶ In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.

¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

⁴⁴ You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

³³ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-

⁸ Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.