Bible Verses About Idleness and Sloth: Illustrated
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Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
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As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
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 have not strawed: