Bible Verses About Idle Hands Are the Devils Playground
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for idle hands are the devils playground, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,617 votes, led by Proverbs 16:27. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Idle Hands Are the Devils Playground
Proverbs 16:27226 votes
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Proverbs 19:15171 votes
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
1 Timothy 5:13161 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.
Ephesians 4:28133 votes
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
2 Thessalonians 3:10-12117 votes
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Matthew 12:36107 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Proverbs 18:996 votes
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Proverbs 12:2495 votes
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 6:6-1189 votes
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Ecclesiastes 10:1862 votes
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Proverbs 24:30-3457 votes
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
2 Thessalonians 3:1147 votes
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
Proverbs 31:2739 votes
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Proverbs 14:2332 votes
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Titus 3:1430 votes
And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
2 Thessalonians 3:6-1229 votes
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
Psalms 28:421 votes
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
Proverbs 20:420 votes
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
1 Peter 4:1520 votes
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
Proverbs 12:2716 votes
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
1 Thessalonians 4:1115 votes
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Proverbs 15:1912 votes
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Colossians 2:1-2312 votes
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
Proverbs 16:2910 votes
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
What does the Bible say about idle hands are the devils playground?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 16:27 on the subject of idle hands are the devils playground. Across 1,617 votes, 24 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 19:15, 1 Timothy 5:13, Ephesians 4:28. This page lists all 24 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.