Bible Verses About Lazy People
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for lazy people, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,595 votes, led by 2 Thessalonians 3:10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Lazy People
2 Thessalonians 3:10399 votes
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
1 Timothy 5:8305 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Proverbs 10:4296 votes
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 13:4205 votes
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 6:9-11203 votes
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Proverbs 19:24158 votes
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Proverbs 20:4156 votes
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 12:24150 votes
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 6:6148 votes
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 28:19126 votes
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Psalms 50:17115 votes
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Proverbs 14:23106 votes
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
2 Timothy 2:15103 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Matthew 25:14-3096 votes
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
Proverbs 10:591 votes
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs 13:182 votes
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 18:975 votes
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Proverbs 10:2672 votes
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Proverbs 19:1572 votes
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 15:1966 votes
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
James 4:1465 votes
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Proverbs 21:2561 votes
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Proverbs 12:2755 votes
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Proverbs 20:1354 votes
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Luke 19:12-2751 votes
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
What does the Bible say about lazy people?
Readers most often cite 2 Thessalonians 3:10 on the subject of lazy people. Across 4,595 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Timothy 5:8, Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 13:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.