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Luke 18:4
“ For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself,‘ Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think,
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Luke 16:22
“ The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
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Proverbs 19:15
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.
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Proverbs 29:21
A servant pampered from youth will turn out to be insolent.
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Proverbs 13:4
A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
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Hosea 9:5
What will you do on the day of your appointed festivals, on the feast days of the Lord?
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Proverbs 24:30-34
I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
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John 9:8
His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked,“ Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”
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Proverbs 21:25-26
The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.
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Luke 16:20
At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores
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Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?
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Luke 12:17
He thought to himself,‘ What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
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2 Thessalonians 3 11
We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.
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Acts 3:2
Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.
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Proverbs 18:9
One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.
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Mark 10:46
Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus( which means“ son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging.
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Esther 6:6
When Haman entered, the king asked him,“ What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself,“ Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?”
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Proverbs 15:19
The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
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Proverbs 20:4
Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.
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Proverbs 27:23-27
Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants.
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Isaiah 10:3
What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches?
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Proverbs 26:13-16
A sluggard says,“ There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!”As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.
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Acts 9:6
“ Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
