Topic
Idleness
32 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Proverbs 6:6–11Nave General scriptures concerning
¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?…
- Proverbs 10:4Nave General scriptures concerning
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Proverbs 10:5Nave General scriptures concerning
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
- Proverbs 10:26Nave General scriptures concerning
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
- Proverbs 12:9Nave General scriptures concerning
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
- Proverbs 12:24Nave General scriptures concerning
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
- Proverbs 12:27Nave General scriptures concerning
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
- Proverbs 13:4Nave General scriptures concerning
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
- Proverbs 14:23Nave General scriptures concerning
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
- Proverbs 15:19Nave General scriptures concerning
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
- Proverbs 18:9Nave General scriptures concerning
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
- Proverbs 19:15Nave General scriptures concerning
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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- Proverbs 19:24 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 20:4 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 20:13 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 21:25 Nave General scriptures concerning
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- Proverbs 22:13 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 23:21 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 24:30–34 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 26:13–16 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Ecclesiastes 4:5 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Ecclesiastes 10:18 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Isaiah 56:10 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Ezekiel 16:49 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 20:6 Nave General scriptures concerning
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- Luke 19:20–25 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Acts 17:21 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 2 Thessalonians 3:11 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 1 Timothy 5:13 Nave General scriptures concerning
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 32 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.