Bible Dictionary: Being Lazy

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Topical Bible Verses

Proverbs 12:27
The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
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Proverbs 15:19
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
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Hebrews 6:12
That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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Proverbs 10:4
He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
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Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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Library

Acts xii. 18, 19
... Why is it that the lame man does not walk upright? This very thing, does it come
of his being lazy, and not choosing to go to the physician? ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxvii acts xii 18.htm

The Same when at Rome, Being Led by Others into the Amphitheatre ...
... For, being utterly opposed to and detesting such spectacles, he was one day met ... as
it streams from the vomitories into the street, trace its lazy course into ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter viii the same when at.htm

The Eternal Revolution
... activity can be encouraged by saying that progress is natural and inevitable; that
is not a reason for being active, but rather a reason for being lazy. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/orthodoxy/vii the eternal revolution.htm

The Life of Mr. John Semple.
... had in such esteem and veneration, that all ranks of people stood in awe of him,
and particularly the clergy, he being a great check upon the lazy and corrupt ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr john 9.htm

On Sleep.
... argue great ostentation; and the ivory on beds, the body having left the soul,
[1478] is not permissible for holy men, being a lazy contrivance for rest. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/clement/the instructor paedagogus/chap ix on sleep.htm

The Answer on the Many Kinds of Food Provided in Holy Scripture.
... no difference in the matter of goodness and prudence between the lazy and the ... bearing
and producing much which is good for man's food without being cooked by ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter iii the answer on.htm

A Bird's-Eye view of the Early Church
... 'Then had the Church rest'"and grew lazy? ... if we throw together the clauses which
stand in the middle of this verse, and take them as being a description of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/a birds-eye view of the.htm

Bear up the Hands that Hang Down, by Faith and Prayer...
... Can there be a lazy saint? ... Can there be virtuous vice? It is only when these
possibilities are brought into being that we then can find a prayerless saint. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bounds/purpose in prayer/chapter ix bear up the.htm

This Digression Steals Me a Little Further
... a mine of gold, and not to wisdom, (to dig for it) without being guilty, either ... such
glorious treasures as is promised; or else of a vile and lazy humour that ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/7 this digression steals me.htm

Orthodoxy i. Introduction in Defence of Everything Else
... I always find, however, that I am either too busy or too lazy to write this ... once
the fascination of a strange town and the comfort and honour of being our own ...
/.../chesterton/orthodoxy/orthodoxy i introduction in defence.htm