Matthew 25:18

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But he who had received the one talent went and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:9

He who is loose and slack in his work is brother to him who is a destroyer and he who does not use his endeavors to heal himself is brother to him who commits suicide.

Malachi 1:10

Oh, that there were even one among you [whose duty it is to minister to Me] who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on My altar to no purpose [an empty, futile, fruitless pretense]! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand.

Matthew 25:17

And likewise he who had received the two talents–he also gained two talents more.

Matthew 25:19

Now after a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

Luke 19:20

Then another came and said, Lord, here is your mina, which I have kept laid up in a handkerchief.

Hebrews 6:12

In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith (by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises.

2 Peter 1:8

For as these qualities are yours and increasingly abound in you, they will keep [you] from being idle or unfruitful unto the [full personal] knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).