Matthew 20:6
New International Version
6 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?’
Matthew 20:6
King James Version
6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
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Hebrews 6:12
New International Version
12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate(A) those who through faith and patience(B) inherit what has been promised.(C)
Hebrews 6:12
King James Version
12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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John 9:4
New International Version
4 As long as it is day,(A) we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
John 9:4
King James Version
4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
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Acts 17:21
New International Version
21 (All the Athenians(A) and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)
Acts 17:21
King James Version
21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
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Proverbs 19:15
New International Version
15 Laziness brings on deep sleep,
and the shiftless go hungry.(A)
Proverbs 19:15
King James Version
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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Luke 23:40-43
New International Version
40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”(A)
42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.[a]”(B)
43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”(C)
Footnotes
- Luke 23:42 Some manuscripts come with your kingly power
Luke 23:40-43
King James Version
40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
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Ezekiel 16:49
New International Version
49 “‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:(A) She and her daughters were arrogant,(B) overfed and unconcerned;(C) they did not help the poor and needy.(D)
Ezekiel 16:49
King James Version
49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
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Ecclesiastes 9:10
New International Version
10 Whatever(A) your hand finds to do, do it with all your might,(B) for in the realm of the dead,(C) where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.(D)
Ecclesiastes 9:10
King James Version
10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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