Bible Verses About Slothfulness

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,

Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

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.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of menis tothe diligent.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothea manwith rags.

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.

Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:

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.