Proverbs 6:6-116 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; 7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, 8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. 9 How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep— 11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man. Related Topics: MoneyRestSleepTimeWork
Proverbs 26:13-1613 The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!” 14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed. 15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion. Related Topics: RestWorking Hard
Proverbs 20:44 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. Related Topics: FallHard WorkLazinessRestWorking Hard
Proverbs 13:44 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied. Related Topics: Hard WorkLazinessRestWorkWorking Hard
Proverbs 10:4-54 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth. 5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame. Related Topics: FinancesGamblingMoneyWorkWorking Hard
Luke 9:59-6259 He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.” 60 But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.” 61 Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.” 62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.” Related Topics: Hard WorkPerseverancePreachingWalking with Jesus
Ephesians 5:15-1715 Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore, don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Related Topics: EvilGod's PlanHalloweenStewardshipWisdom
Proverbs 24:30-3430 I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. 31 Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: 33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, 34 so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man. Related Topics: Hard WorkLazinessRestWorkWorking Hard
Proverbs 18:99 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction. Related Topics: Hard WorkLazinessWork
Proverbs 22:1313 The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!” Related Topics: Hard WorkLazinessWorking Hard
Proverbs 21:25-2625 The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. 26 There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold. Related Topics: GamblingGreedHard WorkLazinessWorking Hard
James 4:13-1613 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.” 14 Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15 For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.” 16 But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil. Related Topics: God's SovereigntyGod's WillGuidanceSeasonsTime
Proverbs 15:1919 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway. Related Topics: LazinessWorking Hard
Proverbs 20:1313 Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread. Related Topics: Hard WorkLazinessPovertySleepWorking Hard
Proverbs 12:2727 The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized. Related Topics: Hard WorkLaziness
2 Thessalonians 3:7-127 For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn’t behave ourselves rebelliously among you, 8 neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you. 9 This was not because we don’t have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us. 10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.” 11 For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread. Related Topics: LazinessPovertyResponsibilityRetirement
Proverbs 19:1515 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger. Related Topics: Hard WorkRestSleepWorkWorking Hard
Ecclesiastes 10:1818 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. Related Topics: LazinessRest
Psalm 119:6060 I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
2 Corinthians 6:1-21 Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you. In a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation. Related Topics: AcceptanceGod's GraceGraceSalvationTime
Matthew 6:33-3433 But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient. Related Topics: DepressionGraduationSelf ControlSleepTime
Colossians 3:23-2423 And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ. Related Topics: GraduationLifeServiceServing GodWork
Hebrews 6:9-129 But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this. 10 For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them. 11 We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end, 12 that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises. Related Topics: HopeMotivationPatienceSalvationWork
Ecclesiastes 5:4-54 When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow. 5 It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay. Related Topics: DebtPromises
Proverbs 19:2424 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. Related Topics: LazinessWorking Hard
1 Thessalonians 5:1414 We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all. Related Topics: Helping OthersLeadershipMissionsPatienceWorking Hard
Proverbs 10:2626 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him. Related Topics: Hard WorkWorking Hard
James 4:1717 To him therefore who knows to do good and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin. Related Topics: LazinessSin
John 9:44 I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work. Related Topics: DyingLazinessLight
Galatians 6:99 Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up. Related Topics: LeadershipPatienceServingStrengthTime
Isaiah 55:66 Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near. Related Topics: PrayerSeasonsTime Management
Jeremiah 13:1616 Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it deep darkness.
Deuteronomy 23:2121 When you vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.
Proverbs 28:1919 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty. Related Topics: FinancesPovertyVanity
Ecclesiastes 9:1010 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going. Related Topics: BusinessDeathHard WorkLazinessWork
Proverbs 12:1111 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding. Related Topics: GamblingHard WorkLazinessWorkWorking Hard
Matthew 5:23-2523 “If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 25 Agree with your adversary quickly while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. Related Topics: ConfessionEnemiesGiftsGod's ForgivenessUnity
Genesis 19:1616 But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and his two daughters’ hands, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city. Related Topics: Mercy
