Proverbs 6:6

Against Sloth

⁵ Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
⁶ Go to the ant, O sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise,
⁷ Which, having no chief,
Officer or ruler,

Go to the Ant

Lazy Man

Proverbs 10:26

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
So is the lazy one to those who send him.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Job 12:7-8

“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;
And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.

Proverbs 1:17

Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any bird;

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns,
But the path of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 18:9

He also who is slack in his work
Is brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness casts into a deep sleep,
And an idle man will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,
But will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work;

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside;
I will be killed in the streets!”

Proverbs 24:30-34

I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,

Proverbs 26:13-16

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square!”

Proverbs 30:25

The ants are not a strong people,
But they prepare their food in the summer;

Isaiah 1:3

“An ox knows its owner,
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel does not know,
My people do not understand.”

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

Matthew 25:26

“But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.

Romans 12:11

not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

Hebrews 6:12

so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.