lazy

⁹How long will you slumber, you lazy one? When will you rise up from your sleep?

⁸But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.

²²So be doers of the Word, and not listeners only, deceiving yourselves.

²³Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men.

⁴The neglectful hand has wrought destitution. But the hand of the steadfast prepares riches. He who advances by lies, this one feeds on the wind. For he is the same as one who runs after flying birds.

⁶Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom.

¹¹For we have heard that there are some among you who act disruptively, not working at all, but eagerly meddling. ¹²Now we charge those who act in this way, and we beg them in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work in silence and eat their own bread.

¹³The lazy one says: “There is a lion outside. I might be slain in the midst of the streets.”

²⁵Desires kill the lazy, for his hands are not willing to work at all.

³⁰I passed by the field of a lazy man, and by the vineyard of a foolish man, ³¹and behold, it was entirely filled with nettles, and thorns had covered its surface, and the stonewall was destroyed. ³²When I had seen this, I laid it up in my heart, and by this example, I received discipline. ³³You will sleep a little,” I said. “You will slumber briefly. You will fold your hands a little, so as to rest. ³⁴And destitution will overtake you like a runner, and begging will overtake you like an armed man.”

⁴Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him.

¹³Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.

²⁹Have you seen a man swift in his work? He shall stand in the sight of kings, and not before those who are disreputable.

¹³The lazy one says, “There is a lion along the way, and a lioness in the roads.” ¹⁴Just as a door turns upon its hinges, so also does the lazy one turn upon his bed. ¹⁵The lazy one conceals his hand under his arms, and it is a labor for him to move it to his mouth. ¹⁶The lazy one seems wiser to himself than seven men speaking judgments.

²⁷The dishonest will not discover gain. But the substance of a man will be like precious gold.

¹⁷so that the man of God may be perfect, having been trained for every good work.

²²Servants, obey, in all things, your lords according to the flesh, not serving only when seen, as if to please men, but serving in simplicity of heart, fearing God. ²³Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men. ²⁴For you know that you will receive from the Lord the repayment of an inheritance. Serve Christ the Lord. ²⁵For whoever causes injury shall be repaid for what he has wrongfully done. And there no favoritism with God.

¹⁷Therefore, he who knows that he ought to do a good thing, and does not do it, for him it is a sin.

⁷If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, then you may ask for whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.