Popular Bible Verses about Idle - Page 2

Found 31 Verses (from 11)

1 Timothy 5:13

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Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to. NIV

Moreover, as they go about from house to house, they learn to be idlers, and not only idlers, but gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say and talking of things they should not mention. AMP

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. KJV

Exodus 5:8

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But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don't reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.' NIV

But the number of the bricks which they made before you shall still require of them; you shall not diminish it in the least. For they are idle; that is why they cry, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. AMP

And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. KJV

Ecclesiastes 10:18

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Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks. NIV

Through indolence the rafters [of state affairs] decay and the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. AMP

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. KJV

Proverbs 14:23

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All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. NIV

In all labor there is profit, but idle talk leads only to poverty. AMP

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. KJV

Exodus 5:17

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Pharaoh said, "Lazy, that's what you are – lazy! That is why you keep saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.'" NIV

But [Pharaoh] said, You are idle, lazy and idle! That is why you say, Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord. AMP

But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. KJV

Amos 6:5

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You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments. NIV

Who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and invent for themselves instruments of music like David's, [I Chron. 23:5.] AMP

That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; KJV

Job 11:3

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Will your idle talk reduce others to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock? NIV

Should your boastings and babble make men keep silent? And when you mock and scoff, shall no man make you ashamed? AMP

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? KJV

Ecclesiastes 11:6

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Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. NIV

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hands, for you know not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether both alike will be good. AMP

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. KJV

2 Timothy 2:16

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Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. NIV

But avoid all empty (vain, useless, idle) talk, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness. AMP

But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. KJV

Ecclesiastes 11:10

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So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigor are meaningless. NIV

Therefore remove [the lusts that end in] sorrow and vexation from your heart and mind and put away evil from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity [transitory, idle, empty, and devoid of truth]. [II Cor. 7:1; II Tim. 2:22.] AMP

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. KJV