Bible Cross References
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Proverbs 6:6-11
6
Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he.
7
For whereas he has no leader, nor anyone to compel him, and is under no master,
8
he prepares food for himself in the summer, and lays up abundant supplies in harvest. [ 6:8A] Or go to the bee, and learn how diligent she is, and how earnestly she is engaged in her work; [ 6:8B] whose labors kings and private men use for health, and she is desired and respected by all: [ 6:8C] though weak in body, she is advanced by honoring wisdom.
9
How long will you lie, O sluggard? And when will you awake out of sleep?
10
You sleep a little, and you rest a little, and you slumber a short time, and you fold your arms over your breast a little.
11
Then poverty comes upon you as an evil traveler, and your need as a swift courier. [ 6:11A] But if you be diligent, your harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of chosen men shall easily obtain rule, but the deceitful shall be for a prey.
Proverbs 12:27
A deceitful man shall catch no game, but a blameless man is a precious possession.
Proverbs 13:4
Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are diligent.
Proverbs 15:19
The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns, but those of the diligent are made smooth.
Proverbs 19:24
He that unjustly hides his hands in his bosom, will not even bring them up to his mouth.
Proverbs 20:4
A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed; so also he who borrows grain in harvest.
Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard makes excuses, and says, [There is] a lion in the road, and murderers in the streets.
Proverbs 24:30-34
30
A foolish man is like a farm, and a senseless man is like a vineyard.
31
If you let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down.
32
Afterwards I reflected, I looked that I might receive instruction.
33
The sluggard says, I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, and for a little while I fold my arms across my breast.
34
But if you do this, your poverty will come speedily; and your need like a swift courier.
Proverbs 26:13
A sluggard when sent on a journey says, [There is] a lion in the road, and [there are] murderers in the streets.
Proverbs 26:16
A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.
Matthew 25:26
"But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter.