Bible verses about "being lazy" | Tyndale

¹ Thus was heave and erth fynished wyth all their apparell: ² ad i ye seueth daye god ended hys worke which he had made and rested in ye seventh daye fro all his workes which he had made. ³ And God blessed ye seventh daye and sanctyfyed it for in it he rested from all his workes which he had created and made. ⁴ These are the generations of heaven and erth when they were created in the tyme when the LORde God created heaven and erth ⁵ and all the shrubbes of the felde be fore they were in the erthe. And all the herbes of the felde before they sprange: for the LORde God had yet sent no rayne vpon the erth nether was there yet any man to tylle the erth. ⁶ But there arose a myste out of the ground and watered all the face of the erth: ⁷ Then the LORde God shope man even of the moulde of the erth and brethed into his face the breth of lyfe. So man was made a lyvynge soule. ⁸ The LORde God also planted a garden in Eden from the begynnynge and there he sette man whom he had formed. ⁹ And the LORde God made to sprynge out of the erth all maner trees bewtyfull to the syghte and pleasant to eate and the tree of lyfe in the middes of the garden: and also the tree of knowlege of good and euell. ¹⁰ And there spronge a rever out of Eden to water the garden and thence devided it selfe and grewe in to foure principall waters. ¹¹ The name of the one is Phison he it is that compasseth all the lande of heuila where gold groweth. ¹² And the gold of that contre ys precious there is found bedellion and a stone called Onix. ¹³ The name of the seconde ryver is Gihon which compassyth all the lande of Inde. ¹⁴ And the name of the thyrde river is Hidekell which runneth on the easte syde of the assyryans And the fourth river is Euphrates. ¹⁵ And the LORde God toke Adam and put him in the garden of Eden to dresse it and to kepe it: ¹⁶ and the LORde God comaunded Ada saynge: of all the trees of the garde se thou eate. ¹⁷ But of the tre of knowlege of good and badd se that thou eate not: for even ye same daye thou eatest of it thou shalt surely dye. ¹⁸ And the LORde God sayd: it is not good that man shulde be alone I will make hym an helper to beare him company: ¹⁹ And after yt the LORde God had make of the erth all maner beastes of the felde and all maner foules of the ayre he brought them vnto Adam to see what he wold call them. And as Ada called all maner livynge beastes: eve so are their names. ²⁰ And Adam gave names vnto all maner catell and vnto the foules of the ayre and vnto all maner beastes of the felde. But there was no helpe founde vnto Adam to beare him companye ²¹ Then the LORde God cast a slomber on Adam and he slepte. And then he toke out one of his rybbes and in stede ther of he fylled vp the place with flesh. ²² And the LORde God made of the rybbe which he toke out of Adam a woma and brought her vnto Adam. ²³ Then sayd Ada this is once bone of my boones and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called woman: because she was take of the man. ²⁴ For this cause shall a man leve father and mother and cleve vnto his wyfe and they shall be one flesh. ²⁵ And they were ether of them naked both Adam and hys wyfe ad were not ashamed:

²¹ Many will saye to me in that daye Master master have we not in thy name prophesied? And in thy name have caste oute devyls? And in thy name have done many miracles? ²² And then will I knowlege vnto them that I never knewe them. Departe from me ye workers of iniquite. ²³ Whosoever heareth of me these sayinges and doethe the same I wyll lyken hym vnto a wyse man which bylt hys housse on a rocke:

²⁷ And he sayde to them: the Saboth daye was made for man and not man for the Saboth daye.

²⁶ I therfore so runne not as at an vncertayne thinge. So fyght I not as one yt beateth the ayer:

¹⁰ For when we were with you this we warned you of yt yf ther were eny which wolde not worke that ye same shuld not eate.

¹¹ Put on ye armour of God that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst ye crafty assautes of the devyll. ¹² For we wrestle not agaynst flesshe and bloud: but agaynst rule agaynst power and agaynst worldy rulars of ye darckenes of this worlde agaynst spretuall wickednes for hevenly thinges. ¹³ For this cause take vnto you the armoure of God yt ye maye be able to resist in the evyll daye and to stonde perfect in all thinges. ¹⁴ Stonde therfore and youre loynes gyrd aboute with veritie havinge on the brest plate of rightewesnes ¹⁵ and shood with showes prepared by the gospell of peace. ¹⁶ Above all take to you the shelde of fayth wherwith ye maye quenche all ye fyrie dartes of the wicked. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvacio and the swearde of the sprete which is the worde of God. ¹⁸ And praye all wayes with all maner prayer and supplicacio: and yt in the sprete: and watch thervnto wt all instance and supplicacio for all saynctes

¹⁴ Lykwyse as a certeyne ma redy to take his iorney to a straunge coutre called his servautes and delivered to them his gooddes. ¹⁵ And vnto one he gave .v. talentes to another .ii. and to another one: to every man after his abilite and streyght waye departed. ¹⁶ Then he that had receaved the fyve talentes went and bestowed them and wanne other fyve talentes. ¹⁷ Lykwyse he that receaved .ii. gayned other .ii. ¹⁸ But he yt receaved ye one went and digged a pit in the erth and hyd his masters money. ¹⁹ After a longe season ye lorde of those servauntes came and rekened with the. ²⁰ Then came he yt had receaved fyve talentes and brought other fyve talentes sayinge: master thou deliveredst vnto one fyve talentes: beholde I have gayned wt the fyve talentes moo. ²¹ The his master sayde vnto him: well good servaut and faithfull. Thou hast bene faithfull in lytell I will make the ruler over moche: entre in into thy masters ioye. ²² Also he that receaved .ii. talentes came and sayde: master thou deliveredest vnto me .ii. talentes: beholde I have wone .ii. other talentes with them. ²³ And his master sayde vnto him well good servaunt and faithfull. Thou hast bene faithfull in lytell I wyll make the ruler over moche: go in into thy masters ioye. ²⁴ Then he which had receaved ye one talent came and sayd: master I considered yt thou wast an harde man which repest where thou sowedst not and gadderest where thou strawedst not ²⁵ and was therfore afrayde and went and hyd thy talent in ye erth: Beholde thou hast thyn awne. ²⁶ His master answered and sayde vnto him: thou evyll servaut and slewthfull thou knewest yt I repe where I sowed not and gaddre where I strawed not: ²⁷ thou oughtest therfore to have had my money to ye chaugers and then at my comynge shulde I have receaved myne awne with vauntage. ²⁸ Take therfore the talent from him and geve it vnto him which hath .x. talentes. ²⁹ For vnto every man that hath shalbe geven and he shall have aboundance: and from him that hath not shalbe taken awaye even that he hath. ³⁰ And cast yt vnprofitable servaunt into vtter dercknes: there shalbe wepynge and gnasshinge of teeth.