Etymology

From Middle English slogarde, probably ultimately of Old Norse origin. Equivalent to slug +‎ -ard(“pejorative agent suffix”).

Noun sluggard (plural sluggards)

1. A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.

2. A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person.

3. A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon.

Proverbs 20:13 (NIV)
13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.

Proverbs 20:4 (NIV)
4 Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.

Proverbs 19:24 (NIV)
24 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

Proverbs 19:15 (NIV)
15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.

Proverbs 18:9 (NIV)
9 One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

Proverbs 16:26 (NIV)
26 The appetite of laborers works for them; their hunger drives them on.

Proverbs 15:19 (NIV)
19 The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 14:23 (NIV)
23 All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 13:4 (NIV)
4 A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

Proverbs 12:27 (NIV)
27 The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.

Proverbs 12:24 (NIV)
24 Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

Proverbs 12:14 (NIV)
14 From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.

Proverbs 10:26 (NIV)
26 As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are sluggards to those who send them.

Proverbs 10:4-5 (NIV)
4 Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. 5 He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

Proverbs 6:6-11 (NIV)
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! 7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, 8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. 9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest — 11 and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

Proverbs 10:9 (NIV)
9 Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.

Proverbs 5:23 (NIV)
23 For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.

Proverbs 21:5 (NIV)
5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

Proverbs 21:25 (NIV)
25 The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.

Proverbs 22:13 (NIV)
13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”

Proverbs 24:27 (NIV)
27 Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

Proverbs 24:30-34 (NIV)
30 I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense; 31 thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins. 32 I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw: 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest — 34 and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

Proverbs 25:28 (NIV)
28 Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.

Proverbs 26:13-16 (NIV)
13 A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!” 14 As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed. 15 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. 16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.

Proverbs 27:19 (NIV)
19 As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.

Proverbs 28:13 (NIV)
13 Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Proverbs 28:19 (NIV)
19 Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.

Proverbs 29:18 (NIV)
18 Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.

Jeremiah 48:10 (NIV)
10 “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the LORD’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed!