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20 Bible Verses About Laziness

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  • Proverbs 6:6-8 sends the sluggard to the ant, which works without a chief, officer or ruler, and Proverbs 24:30-34 describes his field overgrown with thorns and nettles.
  • Proverbs 13:4 and 21:25 describe the sluggard as someone who craves and gets nothing because his hands refuse to labor.
  • Proverbs 26:13-16 gives four sayings about the sluggard in a row, including the excuse of a lion in the streets, which Proverbs 22:13 repeats.
  • The New Testament applies the words for laziness to faith: okneros in Matthew 25:26 and Romans 12:11, nothros in Hebrews 6:12, and argos in 2 Peter 1:8.
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:10 is aimed at anyone “not willing” to work, and 3:12 tells the idle to work quietly and earn their own living.

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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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Strong’s Hebrew 6102, עָצֵל (atsel): sluggish, lazy; translated sluggard in Proverbs. biblehub.com/hebrew/6102

Strong’s Greek 3636, ὀκνηρός (okneros): slothful, lazy; Matthew 25:26 and Romans 12:11. biblehub.com/greek/3636

Strong’s Greek 3576, νωθρός (nothros): sluggish, dull; Hebrews 5:11 and 6:12. biblehub.com/greek/3576

Strong’s Greek 692, ἀργός (argos): idle, lazy, inactive; 2 Peter 1:8. biblehub.com/greek/692

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