Bible Verses About Boredom

“Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.”

“Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God. For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment? To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.”

“Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.”

“Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.”

“Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

“The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.”

“We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”

“Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.”

“I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.”

“Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”

“At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.”

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live, and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor — this is the gift of God.”

“By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.”

“While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.”