TOPICAL BIBLE
Idleness
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Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:Proverbs 6:7Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,Proverbs 6:8Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?Proverbs 6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:Proverbs 6:11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; But he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.Proverbs 10:26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.Proverbs 12:9Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.Proverbs 12:27The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men is to the diligent.Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.Proverbs 14:23In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.Proverbs 15:19The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.Proverbs 18:9He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.Proverbs 19:24The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.Proverbs 21:25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.Proverbs 21:26There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.Proverbs 22:13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;Proverbs 24:31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.Proverbs 24:32Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:Proverbs 24:33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;Proverbs 24:34So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.Proverbs 26:13The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.Proverbs 26:14As the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.Proverbs 26:15The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.Proverbs 26:16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.Ecclesiastes 4:5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.Ecclesiastes 10:18By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.Matthew 20:6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?Matthew 20:7They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.Luke 19:20And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:Luke 19:21for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.Luke 19:22He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow;Luke 19:23then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?Luke 19:24And he said unto them that stood by, Take away from him the pound, and give it unto him that hath the ten pounds.Luke 19:25And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.Acts 17:21(Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.2 Thessalonians 3:11For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.1 Timothy 5:13And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
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