Bible Verses About Idleness

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; Buthe that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

Asthe door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:

for 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.

He 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;

then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?

And he said unto them that stood by, Take away from him the pound, and give it unto him that hath the ten pounds.

And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.