Expert: Pastor Don Carpenter - 7/23/2010

Question
Is there any lazy character in the Bible who can be quoted as a bad example?

Answer
Hi Eddie,

THank you for this great question.  I am so sorry about my late response.  I cannot think of a story or character but there is a great first hand description of what Solomon found when he came across the field of a slothful person.

Proverbs 24:30-34
30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.  33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.  

The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

I hope that this helps you.

In Christ
Pastor Don