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1 Timothy 5 13
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)
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Proverbs 19:15
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry. (niv)
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Acts 17:17-21
So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God- fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked,“ What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked,“ He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him,“ May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.”( All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.) (niv)
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Acts 2:15
These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! (niv)
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Ezekiel 16:49
“‘ Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. (niv)
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Matthew 20:6-7
About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them,‘ Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’“‘ Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.“ He said to them,‘ You also go and work in my vineyard.’ (niv)
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Mark 15:25
It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. (niv)
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Matthew 11:16-17
“ To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:“‘ We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ (niv)
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Hebrews 6:12
We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. (niv)