Bible Verses About Boredom
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for boredom, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,037 votes, led by Proverbs 19:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Boredom
Proverbs 19:15111 votes
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Ecclesiastes 2:24-2694 votes
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
Matthew 28:18-2088 votes
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
2 Timothy 2:1578 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Ecclesiastes 9:1077 votes
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
2 Timothy 2:2272 votes
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Colossians 3:2348 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
1 Thessalonians 5:1846 votes
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
2 Corinthians 10:536 votes
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Proverbs 13:432 votes
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
John 10:1026 votes
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
James 1:2-425 votes
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
1 Timothy 6:623 votes
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Philippians 4:1221 votes
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Galatians 6:820 votes
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
James 4:1520 votes
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Psalms 34:1819 votes
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Ephesians 5:1818 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Colossians 4:218 votes
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Acts 17:1616 votes
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
Ecclesiastes 3:11-1315 votes
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Micah 6:815 votes
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
1 Timothy 6:7-815 votes
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
1 Timothy 5:1314 votes
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
1 John 3:1614 votes
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
What does the Bible say about boredom?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 19:15 on the subject of boredom. Across 1,037 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ecclesiastes 2:24-26, Matthew 28:18-20, 2 Timothy 2:15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.