Matthew 20:6

Tree of Life Version

And about the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing around. And he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle the whole day?’

Cross References

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will starve.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your strength, for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, where you are going.

Ezekiel 16:49

Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, gluttony, and careless ease—so had she and her daughters—and she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Matthew 20:5

So they went. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour and did the same.

Matthew 20:7

“‘Because no one hired us,’ they said to him. “He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard, too.’

Matthew 20:9

And those who had come about the eleventh hour each received a denarius.

John 9:4

We must do the work of the One who sent Me, so long as it is day! Night is coming when no one can work.

Acts 17:21

Now all the Athenians and foreigners visiting there used to pass their time doing nothing but telling or hearing something new.

Hebrews 6:12

so you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those inheriting the promises through trust and perseverance.