30 Bible Verses About Procrastination

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

“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.”

“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. How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? 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.”

“Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.”

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

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

“Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.”

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

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

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

“The sluggard says, ‘There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!’”

“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.”

“As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.”

“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.”

“Jesus replied, ‘No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.’”

“If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.”

“Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.”

“We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.”

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

“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.”

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”

“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”

“For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: ‘The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.’”

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

“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.”

“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.”

“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”

“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”

“In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”

“For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”