What Does the Bible Say About Laziness?
Key Scriptures and spiritual guidance on laziness
Η Βίβλος αναφέρεται στην Τεμπελιά σε πολλά σημεία. Σύμφωνα με την Βίβλο, η τεμπελιά θεωρείται αρνητική και αποτρέπει τον ανθρώπου από το να εκπληρώσει το θέλημα του Θεού και να αναπτύξει τα ταλέντα του. Συχνά παρομοιάζεται με τη φτώχεια και την απώλεια.
Bible Verses About Laziness
Proverbs 10:4
“Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.”
Proverbs 19:15
“Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.”
Proverbs 20:4
“Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.”
Proverbs 24:30-34
“I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense... 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.”
Ecclesiastes 10:18
“Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks.”
2 Thessalonians 3:10
“For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: 'The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.'”
Colossians 3:23
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.”
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