The Bible treats laziness as a fault that costs the lazy person and those who depend on him. Proverbs sends the sluggard to the ant (6:6-11), and 2 Thessalonians 3:10 says, “If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.” The word “sluggard” in Proverbs translates the Hebrew atsel, sluggish or lazy. In Matthew 25:26 the master calls the servant who buried his talent okneros, slothful, and Romans 12:11 uses the same word of zeal in serving the…
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