What Does the Bible Say About Refuse?

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Matthew 13:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away.

Jeremiah 8:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the Lord.

Proverbs 20:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 18:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Isaiah 28:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.”

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

Proverbs 6:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 2 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.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Isaiah 55:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

Proverbs 26:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 21:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 12:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Proverbs 10:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Psalm 66:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Song. A Psalm. Shout for joy to God, all the earth; sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise! Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you. All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.” Selah Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man. ...

Psalm 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

Job 23:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

1 Peter 4:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

1 Peter 3:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.

1 Peter 3:1-5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,

1 Peter 2:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

1 Peter 1:1-25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. ...

James 2:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

James 2:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

Hebrews 6:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.

34 Bible Verses about Refuse

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 13:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jeremiah 8:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 28:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 21:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 66:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 23:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 4:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 3:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 3:1-5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 2:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 1:1-25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 2:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 2:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 6:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Refuse

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Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 13:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jeremiah 8:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 28:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 21:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 66:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 23:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 4:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 3:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 3:1-5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 2:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 1:1-25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 2:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 2:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 6:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote