Sloth
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Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) Slowness; tardiness.

2. (n.) Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness.

3. (n.) Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico.

4. (v. i.) To be idle.

Library

Whether Sloth is a Sin?
... OF SLOTH (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether sloth is a sin? Objection 1: It would
seem that sloth is not a sin. For we are neither praised ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether sloth is a sin.htm

Whether Sloth is a Mortal Sin?
... OF SLOTH (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether sloth is a mortal sin? Objection 1: It
would seem that sloth is not a mortal sin. For every mortal ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether sloth is a mortal.htm

Whether Sloth is a Special vice?
... OF SLOTH (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether sloth is a special vice? Objection 1:
It would seem that sloth is not a special vice. For that ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether sloth is a special.htm

Whether Despair Arises from Sloth?
... OF DESPAIR (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether despair arises from sloth? Objection
1: It would seem that despair does not arise from sloth. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether despair arises from sloth.htm

Of Sloth
... PART FOUR. HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF CERTAIN INSTRUCTIONS AND NOTABLE
SAYINGS OF BROTHER GILES CHAPTER VI OF SLOTH. The slothful ...
/.../ugolino/the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter vi of sloth.htm

Of Sloth (Four Articles)
... OF SLOTH (FOUR ARTICLES). ... This joy is either about the Divine good, and then its
contrary is sloth, or about our neighbor's good, and then its contrary is envy. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/of sloth four articles .htm

Whether Sloth Should be Accounted a Capital vice?
... OF SLOTH (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether sloth should be accounted a capital vice? Objection
1: It would seem that sloth ought not to be accounted a capital vice. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether sloth should be accounted.htm

Complaining of Spiritual Sloth.
... Hymns. Book 2. Composed on Divine Subjects. Hymn 2:25. Complaining of spiritual
sloth. 1 My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so? Awake, my sluggish soul! ...
/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 2 25 complaining of spiritual.htm

That Evil Comes of Sloth, and virtue from Diligence, and that ...
... Homily III. That evil comes of sloth, and virtue from diligence, and that neither
wicked men, nor the devil himself, are able to do the wary man any harm. ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily iii that evil comes.htm

Complaining of Spiritual Sloth.
... Hymns, Book II HYMN 25 Complaining of spiritual sloth. CM Complaining of spiritual
sloth. My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so? Awake, my sluggish soul! ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/hymn 25 complaining of spiritual.htm

Thesaurus
Sloth (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Sloth (3 Occurrences). ... Proverbs 31:27 She 'is' watching
the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not. (YLT). ...
/s/sloth.htm - 7k

Ai (32 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) The three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of
South America. See Sloth. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. AI. ...
/a/ai.htm - 21k

Slothful (22 Occurrences)

/s/slothful.htm - 12k

Usury (17 Occurrences)
... numerous among the Jews in Christ's day, and, in the parable of the Talents, He
represents the lord of the unprofitable servant as rebuking the sloth in the ...
/u/usury.htm - 15k

Indulge (12 Occurrences)
... restrain. 2. (vt) to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to
indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations; 3. (vt ...
/i/indulge.htm - 10k

Industry (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental;
steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as ...
/i/industry.htm - 8k

Indolence (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Laziness; sloth; inactivity; inaction, or want of
exertion of body or mind, proceeding from love of ease or aversion to toil ...
/i/indolence.htm - 6k

Indolent (3 Occurrences)
... work is brother of the destroyer. (DBY). Proverbs 19:15 Sloth causeth deep
sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger. (YLT). ...
/i/indolent.htm - 7k

Framework (6 Occurrences)
... BBE). Ecclesiastes 10:18 By much sloth fulness the framework falleth in;
and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth. (DBY). ...
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Drippeth (1 Occurrence)
... Drippeth (1 Occurrence). Ecclesiastes 10:18 By much sloth fulness the framework
falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth. (DBY). ...
/d/drippeth.htm - 6k

Resources
What are the seven deadly sins? | GotQuestions.org

What are capital sins? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about procrastination? | GotQuestions.org

Sloth: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Sloth (3 Occurrences)

Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger. Isaiah
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Proverbs 31:27
She 'is' watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not.
(YLT)

Ecclesiastes 10:18
By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Subtopics

Sloth

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Ai (32 Occurrences)

Slothful (22 Occurrences)

Usury (17 Occurrences)

Indulge (12 Occurrences)

Industry (5 Occurrences)

Indolence (1 Occurrence)

Indolent (3 Occurrences)

Framework (6 Occurrences)

Drippeth (1 Occurrence)

Sloping (2 Occurrences)

Slumber (14 Occurrences)

Watching (111 Occurrences)

Hunger (52 Occurrences)

Falleth (119 Occurrences)

Persian (4 Occurrences)

Ancient (64 Occurrences)

Religion (23 Occurrences)

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