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Luke 18:4
For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself,‘ Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
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Luke 16:22
The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried,
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Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
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Proverbs 29:21
Whoever pampers his servant from childhood will in the end find him his heir.
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Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
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Hosea 9:5
What will you do on the day of the appointed festival, and on the day of the feast of the Lord?
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Proverbs 24:30-34
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
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John 9:8
The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying,“ Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”
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Proverbs 21:25-26
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
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Luke 16:20
And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
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Jeremiah 5:31
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
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Luke 12:17
and he thought to himself,‘ What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’
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2 Thessalonians 3 11
For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.
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Acts 3:2
And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.
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Proverbs 18:9
Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.
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Mark 10:46
And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.
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Esther 6:6
So Haman came in, and the king said to him,“ What should be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” And Haman said to himself,“ Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?”
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Proverbs 15:19
The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
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Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
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Proverbs 27:23-27
Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds,for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field.There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls.
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Isaiah 10:3
What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
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Proverbs 26:13-16
The sluggard says,“ There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!”As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.
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Acts 9:6
But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”