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1. Laziness promotes problems.
Proverbs 10:4 Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands ;;::
bring wealth.
Proverbs 12:24 Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave
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Proverbs 13:4 The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the
desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. ;:
Proverbs 20:4 A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest
time he looks but finds nothing. I;:
Ecclesiastes 10:18 If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands
are idle, the house leaks.

Proverbs 19:15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless

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2. We are commanded to work and not be lazy. &:

Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all
your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither
working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
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2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 For even when we were with you, we
gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat." We hear ~
that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies.
Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle
down and earn the bread they eat. ~
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Hebrews 6: 12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate

:2 those who through faith and patience inherit what has been
promised.

3. Proper responsibility in work is serving the Lord.

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Romans 12:11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual
fervor, serving the Lord.
= 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm.
Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of
= the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in
vaIn.

Galatians 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the
= proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

4. Proper care of home and family is serving the Lord.

~ Proverbs 31:27 Shewatches overthe affairsof her household and
does not eat the bread of idleness.

:3 Titus 2:3-5 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in

the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine,
but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women
; to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure,
to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands,
so that no one will malign the word of God.
;; 1 Corinthians 4:2 Now it is required that those who have been
given a trust must prove faithfuL
; Proverbs 14:1 The wise woman builds her house, but with her
own hands the foolish one tears hers down.

;; For further reference see 1 Timothy 5:8-14 and Proverbs 31:7-31.

; 5. Summary passage on laziness

2 Thessalonians 3:6-9 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we
command you, brothers, to keep awayfrom every brother who is
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us. For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example.
We were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's G:
food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and
day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any
of you. We did this, not because we do not have the right to such Ii;
help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you to follow.

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