Top 25 Bible Verses About Sloth (NIV)

⁴ The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

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

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

²³ Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,

¹⁹ The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

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

³⁰ I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment; ³¹ thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins. ³² I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw: ³³ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest- ³⁴ and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.

¹¹ Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

²⁵ The sluggard's craving will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work. ²⁶ All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.

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

²⁶ "His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?

²⁵ The sluggard's craving will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.

⁴ A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.

⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! ⁷ It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, ⁸ yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.

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

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

¹³ The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!" or, "I will be murdered in the streets!"

⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!

⁹ How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

¹³ Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.

¹³ I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

²⁷ The lazy man does not roast his game, but the diligent man prizes his possessions.

¹⁰ Israel's watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they lie around and dream, they love to sleep.

²⁴ The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!