Quotations about laziness

From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

Matthew 11:12

{28:5} Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

Proverbs 28:5

{22:13} The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

Proverbs 22:13

{19:15} Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:15

{12:27} The slothful man doesn't roast his game.

Proverbs 12:27

{10:26} As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

Proverbs 10:26

{10:4} He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

{10:5} He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

Proverbs 10:4-5

{6:6} Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

{6:7} which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

{6:8} provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

{6:9} How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

{6:10} A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

{6:11} so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

Proverbs 6:6-11

... in lewdness is decay and great want; for lewdness is the mother of famine.

The Book of Tobit 4:13

Are you in a bad mood? Do some small good deed! Still feeling bad? Do one more good deed! Repeat until the mood improves and you feel joy.

The author is anonymous

Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat: for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Proverbs 23:20-21

Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty.

Proverbs 20:13

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

Proverbs 26:16

{26:13} The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

{26:14} As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

{26:15} The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

{26:16} The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

Proverbs 26:13-16

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep; so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

Proverbs 24:30-34

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