What Does the Bible Say About Lazy Bread?

Proverbs 20:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 19:24 ESV / 10 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 6:6-11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, ...

Proverbs 31:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Hebrews 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

Matthew 25:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?

Proverbs 26:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 15:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 10:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

12 Bible Verses about Lazy Bread

Proverbs 20:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:24 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:6-11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Hebrews 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 25:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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12 Bible Verses about Lazy Bread

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Proverbs 20:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:24 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:6-11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Hebrews 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 25:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes