30 Bible Verse About Working Hard And Not Being Lazy

“Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.”

“Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.”

“Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.”

“Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.”

“A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.”

“All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.”

“One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.”

“Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.”

“Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.”

“The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work. All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.”

“Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.”

“I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense; thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins. I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.”

“A sluggard says, ‘There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!’ As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed. A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.”

“Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations. When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in, the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field. You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants.”

“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.”

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”

“Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.”

“For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: ‘The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.’ We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat.”

“Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

“What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”

“Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order to provide for urgent needs and not live unproductive lives.”

“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!'”

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

“Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”

“The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth.”

“The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.”

“Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.”

“The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.”

“The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.”

“Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.”