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TOPICAL GUIDE
IDLENESS, IDLE, IDLER

See also Apathy; Laziness; Procrastination; Sleep; Slothful

Prov. 19: 15an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Prov. 20: 4sluggard will not plow.
Prov. 31: 27(D&C 42: 42) She . . . eateth not the bread of idleness.
Eccl. 10: 18through idleness of the hands the house droppeth.
Ezek. 16: 49Sodom . . . abundance of idleness was in her.
Matt. 12: 36every idle word that men shall speak.
Luke 24: 11words seemed to them as idle tales.
2 Thes. 3: 10if any would not work, neither should he eat.
1 Tim. 5: 13withal they learn to be idle.
1 Ne. 12: 23filthy people, full of idleness.
2 Ne. 5: 24they did become an idle people, full of mischief.
2 Ne. 9: 27wo unto him . . . that wasteth the days of his probation.
Alma 24: 18rather than spend their days in idleness they would labor abundantly.
Alma 38: 12refrain from idleness.
D&C 56: 17Wo unto you . . . who will not labor with your own hands.
D&C 58: 27be anxiously engaged in a good cause.
D&C 60: 13Thou shalt not idle away thy time.
D&C 68: 31not well pleased . . . for there are idlers among them.
D&C 75: 3neither be idle but labor with your might.
D&C 75: 29the idler shall not have place in the church.
D&C 88: 69cast away your idle thoughts.
D&C 88: 124Cease to be idle.

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