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Bible Lesson: Marks Of Godly Character Versus Marks Of Non-Christian Character: Work Versus Laziness.
Bible Texts:
Work:
Mark `13:34 KJV
For The Son Of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Laziness:
Romans 12:11 KJV
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving The Lord;
The Word, Concerning Work:
Genesis 2:15 KJV
And The Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Psalm 90:17 KJV
And let the beauty of The Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Proverbs 3:16 NLT
Commit your actions to The Lord, and your plans will succeed.
Ecclesiastes 2:9 KJV
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
Ecclesiastes 3:12,13 NLT (5:18,19)
12 So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can.
13 And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.
John 14:12 KJV
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto My Father.
Acts 20:24 NLT
But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by The Lord Jesus—the work of telling others The Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
I Corinthians 15:58 KJV
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of The Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in The Lord.
Colossians 3:17,23,24 KJV
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of The Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and The Father by Him.
23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to The Lord, and not unto men;
24 Knowing that of The Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve The Lord Christ.
II Timothy 2:15 KJV
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing The Word Of Truth.
II Timothy 3:16,17 NLT
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.
17 God uses it to prepare and equip His people to do every good work.
Hebrews 4:9,10 NLT
9 So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God.
10 For all who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world.
Hebrews 6:10 NLT
For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for Him and how you have shown your love to Him by caring for other believers, as you still do.
II John 1:8 KJV
Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. Be diligent so that you receive your full reward.
The Word, Laziness:
Proverbs 6:6,9-12 NLT
6 Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!
9 But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up?
10 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
12 What are worthless and wicked people like? They are constant liars,
Proverbs 10:4,5 KJV
4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs 12:24 NLT
Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and become a slave.
Proverbs 13:4 NLT
Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.
Proverbs 14:23 NLT
Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty!
Proverbs 19:15 NLT
Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry.
Proverbs 20:4 NLT
Those too lazy to plow in the right season will have no food at the harvest.
Proverbs 24:30-34 NLT
30 I walked by the field of a lazy person, the vineyard of one with no common sense.
31 I saw that it was overgrown with nettles. It was covered with weeds, and its walls were broken down.
32 Then, as I looked and thought about it, I learned this lesson:
33 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
Matthew 25:24-29 KJV
24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knowest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Ephesians 5:15-18 NLT (Living by The Spirit’s Power)
15 So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise.
16 Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.
17 Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what The Lord wants you to do.
18 Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with The Holy Spirit,
II Thessalonians 6-10 NLT (An Exhortation to Proper Living)
6 And now, dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Stay away from all believers who live idle lives and don’t follow the tradition they received from us.
7 For you know that you ought to imitate us. We were not idle when we were with you.
8 We never accepted food from anyone without paying for it. We worked hard day and night so we would not be a burden to any of you. 9 We certainly had the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.
10 Even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “Those unwilling to work will not get to eat.”
Prayer:
II Corinthians 9:8 KJV
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
