Proverbs 6:6

Against Sloth

⁵ Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap. ⁶ Go to the ant, you slacker!
Observe its ways and become wise.
⁷ Without leader, administrator, or ruler,

Go to the Ant

Lazy Man

Proverbs 10:26

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.

Proverbs 20:4

The slacker does not plow during planting season;
at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep?

Proverbs 13:4

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.

Job 12:7-8

But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;
ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

Proverbs 1:17

It is foolish to spread a net
where any bird can see it,

Proverbs 15:19

A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge,
but the path of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 18:9

The one who is truly lazy in his work
is brother to a vandal.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness induces deep sleep,
and a lazy person will go hungry.

Proverbs 19:24

The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 21:25

A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.

Proverbs 22:13

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”

Proverbs 24:30-34

I went by the field of a slacker
and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense.

Proverbs 26:13-16

The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”

Proverbs 30:25

the ants are not a strong people,
yet they store up their food in the summer;

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its owner,
and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
but Israel does not know;
My people do not understand.”

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?

Matthew 25:26

“But his master replied to him, ‘You evil, lazy slave! If you knew that I reap where I haven’t sown and gather where I haven’t scattered,

Romans 12:11

Do not lack diligence; be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.