Laziness

• Laziness can ruin you (Proverbs 6: 6-11)-Proverbs 6:6 (NIV) Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!  Proverbs 6:7 (NIV) It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,  Proverbs 6:8 (NIV) yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.  Proverbs 6:9 (NIV) How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?  Proverbs 6:10 (NIV) A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--Proverbs 6:11 (NIV) and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
• Laziness can make you poor (Proverbs 10: 4-5)-Proverbs 10:4 (NIV) Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.  Proverbs 10:5 (NIV) He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
• Lazy people work for others (Proverbs 12: 24)-Proverbs 12:24 (NIV) Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
• Lazy people make excuses (Proverbs 22: 13)-Proverbs 22:13 (NIV) The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”
• Lazy people oversleep (Proverbs 26: 14)-Proverbs 26:14 (NIV) As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
• Encourage lazy people to work (1 Thessalonians 5: 14)-1 Thessalonians 5:14 (NIV) And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
• Lazy people should not be allowed to be freeloaders (2 Thessalonians 3: 10)-2 Thessalonians 3:10 (NIV) For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”