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Luke 18:4
For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself,‘ Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,
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Luke 16:22
“ Now 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
Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
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Proverbs 29:21
If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end.
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Proverbs 13:4
The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
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Hosea 9:5
So what will you do on the festival day, on the festival days of the Lord?
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Proverbs 24:30-34
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:“ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”
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John 9:8
Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying,“ Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”
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Proverbs 21:25-26
What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.All day long he craves greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
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Luke 16:20
But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,
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Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
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Luke 12:17
so he thought to himself,‘ What should 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 are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.
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Acts 3:2
And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called“ the Beautiful Gate” every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.
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Proverbs 18:9
The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.
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Mark 10:46
They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.
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Esther 6:6
So Haman came in, and the king said to him,“ What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman thought to himself,“ Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?”
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Proverbs 15:19
The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.
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Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.
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Proverbs 27:23-27
Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds,for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in,the lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be for the price of a field.And there will be enough goat’s milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.
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Isaiah 10:3
What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
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Proverbs 26:13-16
The sluggard says,“ There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation than seven people who respond with good sense.
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Acts 9:6
But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”
