Proverbs 19:15

19:15 Laziness brings on a deep sleep,

and the idle person will go hungry.

Matthew 20:3

20:3 When it was about nine o’clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

Matthew 20:6

20:6 And about five o’clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why are you standing here all day without work?’

Matthew 25:26

25:26 But his master answered, ‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?

Romans 12:11

12:11 Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

Romans 12:1

Consecration of the Believer’s Life

12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.

Romans 5:13

5:13 for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law.

Hebrews 6:12

6:12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.