What does the Bible say about slothfulness?

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• Proverbs 19:15

  Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

• Proverbs 12:24

  The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, But laziness ends in slave labor.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:10

  For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."

• Proverbs 13:4

  The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, But the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

• Proverbs 6:6

  Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

• Proverbs 20:4

  The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

• Colossians 3:23

  And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

• Proverbs 24:30-34

  [30] 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 shall your poverty come as a robber, And your want as an armed man.

• Ecclesiastes 10:18

  By slothfulness the roof sinks in; And through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

• Romans 12:11

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

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