7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 2Thess 3:10 — For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
• Eccl 10:18 — By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
• Josh 7:3 — And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are bu
• Luke 13:24 — Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
• Matt 25:26 — His 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:
• Prov 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
• Prov 12:24 — The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
• Prov 12:24 — The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
• Prov 12:27 — The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
• Prov 13:4 — The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
• Prov 15:19 — The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
• Prov 17:16 — Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
• Prov 19:24 — A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
• Prov 20:4 — The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
• Prov 24:30 — I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
• Prov 26:16 — The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.