Bible Verses About Not Working
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for not working, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,137 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 Not Working
2 Thessalonians 3:10109 votes
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
1 Timothy 5:8105 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.
Ephesians 4:2868 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 3:12-1664 votes
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
2 Thessalonians 3:1151 votes
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
Luke 1:3736 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Proverbs 14:2333 votes
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Colossians 3:23-2428 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Hebrews 12:1427 votes
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Proverbs 13:425 votes
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 24:33-3424 votes
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Colossians 3:2324 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
2 Thessalonians 3:10-1224 votes
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Proverbs 12:1123 votes
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 12:2423 votes
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
1 Corinthians 10:3123 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Genesis 2:1522 votes
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Proverbs 16:320 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Ecclesiastes 9:1018 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.
Philippians 4:1318 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Psalms 90:1717 votes
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
John 5:1717 votes
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-1217 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 18:9-1015 votes
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Acts 20:3515 votes
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
What does the Bible say about not working?
Readers most often cite 2 Thessalonians 3:10 on the subject of not working. Across 1,137 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Timothy 5:8, Ephesians 4:28, 2 Thessalonians 3:12-16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.