A life of laziness and inactivity is warned against in Scripture, as it can lead to spiritual and physical decline. The book of Proverbs cautions that idleness can bring poverty and want, as seen in the contrast between the diligent and the slothful in Proverbs 13:4 and 19:15. The apostle Paul also addresses this issue in 2 Thessalonians 3:10, emphasizing the importance of working to earn one's own living. Additionally, 1 Timothy 5:13 and Ecclesiastes 10:18 highlight the negative consequences of idleness, including a lack of purpose and a tendency towards gossip and meddling.
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At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.
She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.