Bible Verses About Slothfulness: General references

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

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

Provideth her meat 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?

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

¶ He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

¶ He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he 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 under tribute.

¶ The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

¶ The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

¶ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

¶ A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

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

¶ The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

¶ The slothful man 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 shall clothe a man with rags.

¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

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

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.