“idleness” in the Douay-Rheims Bible
The word idleness appears 4 times in the Douay-Rheims Bible. The first 4 matching verses are shown below.
- Proverbs 12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish.
- Proverbs 28:19 He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness, shall be filled with poverty.
- Ecclesiasticus 33:29 For idleness hath taught much evil.
- Ezechiel 16:49 Behold this was the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance, and the idleness of her, and of her daughters: and they did not put forth their hand to the needy, and the poor.