Bible Cross References
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Proverbs 6:6-11
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Lazy people should learn a lesson from the way ants live.
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They have no leader, chief, or ruler,
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but they store up their food during the summer, getting ready for winter.
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How long is the lazy man going to lie around? When is he ever going to get up?
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"I'll just take a short nap," he says; "I'll fold my hands and rest a while."
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But while he sleeps, poverty will attack him like an armed robber.
Proverbs 12:24
Hard work will give you power; being lazy will make you a slave.
Proverbs 12:27
If you are lazy, you will never get what you are after, but if you work hard, you will get a fortune.
Proverbs 13:4
No matter how much a lazy person may want something, he will never get it. A hard worker will get everything he wants.
Proverbs 15:19
If you are lazy, you will meet difficulty everywhere, but if you are honest, you will have no trouble.
Proverbs 19:24
Some people are too lazy to put food in their own mouths.
Proverbs 20:4
A farmer too lazy to plow his fields at the right time will have nothing to harvest.
Proverbs 22:13
Lazy people stay at home; they say a lion might get them if they go outside.
Proverbs 24:30-34
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I walked through the fields and vineyards of a lazy, stupid person.
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They were full of thorn bushes and overgrown with weeds. The stone wall around them had fallen down.
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I looked at this, thought about it, and learned a lesson from it:
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Go ahead and take your nap; go ahead and sleep. Fold your hands and rest awhile,
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but while you are asleep, poverty will attack you like an armed robber.
Proverbs 26:13
Why don't lazy people ever get out of the house? What are they afraid of ? Lions?
Proverbs 26:16
A lazy person will think he is smarter than seven men who can give good reasons for their opinions.
Matthew 25:26
'You bad and lazy servant!' his master said. 'You knew, did you, that I reap harvests where I did not plant, and gather crops where I did not scatter seed?