96 Bible Verses about Slothfulness (KJV)

Here are 96 Bible verses about slothfulness, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Proverbs 19:15 KJV

¹⁵Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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Proverbs 12:24 KJV

²⁴The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

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2 Thessalonians 3:10 KJV

¹⁰For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

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Proverbs 20:4 KJV

⁴The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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Proverbs 13:4 KJV

⁴The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

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Proverbs 6:6 KJV

⁶Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

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Proverbs 24:30-34 KJV

³⁰I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; ³¹And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. ³²Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. ³³Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding …

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Colossians 3:23 KJV

²³And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

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Ecclesiastes 10:18 KJV

¹⁸By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

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Proverbs 19:24 KJV

²⁴A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

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Proverbs 21:25 KJV

²⁵The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

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Romans 12:11 KJV

¹¹Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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Proverbs 10:4 KJV

⁴He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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Proverbs 18:9 KJV

⁹He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

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Proverbs 22:13 KJV

¹³The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

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Proverbs 15:19 KJV

¹⁹The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

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Hebrews 6:12 KJV

¹²That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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Proverbs 26:13-16 KJV

¹³The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. ¹⁴As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. ¹⁵The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. ¹⁶The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

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1 Timothy 5:8 KJV

⁸But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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Proverbs 12:27 KJV

²⁷The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

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Matthew 25:26 KJV

²⁶His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

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Proverbs 10:26 KJV

²⁶As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

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Romans 12:10-11 KJV

¹⁰Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; ¹¹Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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Colossians 3:17 KJV

¹⁷And 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.

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Proverbs 24:30 KJV

³⁰I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

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Proverbs 20:13 KJV

¹³Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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2 Thessalonians 3:11-12 KJV

¹¹For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. ¹²Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

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Proverbs 26:13 KJV

¹³The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

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Proverbs 10:5 KJV

⁵He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

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Proverbs 21:25-26 KJV

²⁵The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. ²⁶He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

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Proverbs 12:11 KJV

¹¹He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

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Judges 18:9 KJV

⁹And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.

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Proverbs 10:4-5 KJV

⁴He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. ⁵He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

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Proverbs 6:6-11 KJV

⁶Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: ⁷Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, ⁸Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. ⁹How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? ¹⁰Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands …

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Ephesians 4:28 KJV

²⁸Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

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Isaiah 56:10 KJV

¹⁰His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

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Proverbs 26:16 KJV

¹⁶The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

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Proverbs 26:15 KJV

¹⁵The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

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Ecclesiastes 9:10 KJV

¹⁰Whatsoever 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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Proverbs 26:14 KJV

¹⁴As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

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Proverbs 6:9 KJV

⁹How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

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Hebrews 6:10 KJV

¹⁰For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

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Proverbs 23:21 KJV

²¹For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

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1 Corinthians 15:58 KJV

⁵⁸Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

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2 Thessalonians 3:11 KJV

¹¹For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

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Matthew 25:24-30 KJV

²⁴Then 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: ²⁵And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. ²⁶His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, …

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Matthew 25:23 KJV

²³His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

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Proverbs 31:27 KJV

²⁷She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

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Hebrews 6:11-12 KJV

¹¹And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: ¹²That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 KJV

¹¹And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; ¹²That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

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Colossians 3:23-24 KJV

²³And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; ²⁴Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

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Proverbs 22:29 KJV

²⁹Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

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Proverbs 21:5 KJV

⁵The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

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Proverbs 6:6-8 KJV

⁶Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: ⁷Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, ⁸Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

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Psalm 23:1-6 KJV

¹The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ²He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. ³He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. ⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. …

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2 Thessalonians 3:12 KJV

¹²Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

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2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 KJV

¹⁰For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. ¹¹For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. ¹²Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

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Proverbs 6:10 KJV

¹⁰Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Ephesians 5:14 KJV

¹⁴Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

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Acts 17:10-11 KJV

¹⁰And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. ¹¹These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

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Ezekiel 16:49 KJV

⁴⁹Behold, 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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Proverbs 24:31 KJV

³¹And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

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2 Timothy 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: ¹⁷That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

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Ephesians 6:5-9 KJV

⁵Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; ⁶Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; ⁷With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: ⁸Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man …

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Proverbs 24:33 KJV

³³Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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Proverbs 24:32 KJV

³²Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

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Proverbs 6:9-11 KJV

⁹How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? ¹⁰Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: ¹¹So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

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Luke 13:6-9 KJV

⁶He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. ⁷Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? ⁸And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about …

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Proverbs 13:11 KJV

¹¹Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

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James 4:17 KJV

¹⁷Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

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Ephesians 5:15-17 KJV

¹⁵See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, ¹⁶Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. ¹⁷Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Proverbs 22:6 KJV

⁶Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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Psalm 119:1-176 KJV

¹Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. ²Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. ³They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. ⁴Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. ⁵O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! …

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James 4:1-5 KJV

¹From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? ²Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. ³Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. ⁴Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know …

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Hebrews 4:12 KJV

¹²For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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Proverbs 12:10 KJV

¹⁰A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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1 Samuel 16:7 KJV

⁷But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

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Exodus 14:14 KJV

¹⁴The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

¹³I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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Ephesians 1:17-20 KJV

¹⁷That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: ¹⁸The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to …

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John 10:10 KJV

¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

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Matthew 25:27 KJV

²⁷Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

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Song of Solomon 2:15 KJV

¹⁵Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

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Proverbs 26:8 KJV

⁸As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

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Proverbs 14:15 KJV

¹⁵The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

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Proverbs 11:1 KJV

¹A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

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Proverbs 6:14 KJV

¹⁴Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

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Proverbs 6:8 KJV

⁸Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

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1 Peter 2:4-20 KJV

⁴To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, ⁵Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. ⁶Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not …

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1 Corinthians 2:10 KJV

¹⁰But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

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John 15:2 KJV

²Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

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Luke 16:10 KJV

¹⁰He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

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Proverbs 24:34 KJV

³⁴So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

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Proverbs 6:7 KJV

⁷Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

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