TOPICAL BIBLE
Slothfulness
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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 12:24The 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 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 21:25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.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 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 25:26But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter;Matthew 25:27thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest.Romans 12:11in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;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.2 Thessalonians 3:12Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.Hebrews 6:12that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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