Bible Verses About Idleness and Sloth
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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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For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.