The Slacker (Sluggard)
“The Image Of God Was Never Meant To Yawn Through Life.”
Laziness Harms You
4 Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.
5 The son who gathers during summer is prudent;
the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful. —Proverbs 10:4-5
A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work. —Proverbs 21:25
Laziness Brings Delusion
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks sense. —Proverbs 12:11
13 The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”
14 A door turns on its hinges,
and a slacker, on his bed.
15 The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he is too weary to bring it to his mouth!
16 In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser
than seven who can answer sensibly. —Proverbs 26:13-16
Laziness Brings Emptiness
The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied. —Proverbs 13:4
The slacker does not plow during planting season;
at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing. —Proverbs 20:4
Laziness Brings Chaos
30 I went by the field of a slacker
and by the vineyard of one lacking sense.
31 Thistles had come up everywhere,
weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was ruined.
32 I saw, and took it to heart;
I looked, and received instruction:
33 a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the arms to rest,
34 and your poverty will come like a robber,
and your need, like a bandit. —Proverbs 24:30-34
Laziness Is An Enemy To Your Sanctification
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways know him,
and he will make your paths straight. —Proverbs 3:5-6
A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge,
but the path of the upright is a highway. —Proverbs 15:19
The Purpose Of Proverbs For The Follower Of God Is Sanctification.