Bible Verses About Idleness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for idleness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 40,004 votes, led by 1 Timothy 5:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Idleness
1 Timothy 5:131,391 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.
Proverbs 19:151,256 votes
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Ecclesiastes 10:181,238 votes
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Proverbs 31:27969 votes
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Proverbs 13:4955 votes
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
2 Thessalonians 3:10878 votes
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Proverbs 24:30-34855 votes
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Proverbs 12:24841 votes
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
2 Thessalonians 3:11837 votes
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
Proverbs 18:9719 votes
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Ezekiel 16:49706 votes
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 20:13689 votes
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 20:4642 votes
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 14:23605 votes
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Proverbs 10:4556 votes
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 21:25533 votes
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
1 Thessalonians 5:14515 votes
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
Matthew 12:36477 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
2 Thessalonians 3:6448 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.
Proverbs 12:27428 votes
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Proverbs 6:6424 votes
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Matthew 20:6420 votes
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
2 Thessalonians 3:10-12416 votes
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Proverbs 23:21404 votes
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Ephesians 4:28402 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.
What does the Bible say about idleness?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 5:13 on the subject of idleness. Across 40,004 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 19:15, Ecclesiastes 10:18, Proverbs 31:27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.