Idle (33 Occurrences)

Matthew 12:36 I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Matthew 20:3 He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 20:6 About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them,'Why do you stand here all day idle?' (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Mark 7:7 But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.' (WEY)

Luke 24:11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. (KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

John 12:19 The result was that the Pharisees said among themselves, "Observe how idle all your efforts are! The world is gone after him!" (WEY)

Acts 17:5 But the jealousy of the Jews was aroused, and, calling to their aid some ill-conditioned and idle fellows, they got together a riotous mob and filled the city with uproar. They then attacked the house of Jason and searched for Paul and Silas, to bring them out before the assembly of people. (WEY)

Acts 17:18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. (See NAS)

2 Corinthians 9:3 Still I send the brethren in order that in this matter our boast about you may not turn out to have been an idle one; so that, as I have said, you may be ready; (WEY)

Colossians 2:8 Take care lest there be some one who leads you away as prisoners by means of his philosophy and idle fancies, following human traditions and the world's crude notions instead of following Christ. (WEY)

Colossians 2:18 Let no one defraud you of your prize, priding himself on his humility and on his worship of the angels, and taking his stand on the visions he has seen, and idly puffed up with his unspiritual thoughts. (See NIV)

1 Thessalonians 5:14 We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all. (See RSV NIV)

2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us. (See RSV NIV)

2 Thessalonians 3:7 For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn't behave ourselves rebelliously among you, (See RSV NIV)

2 Thessalonians 3:11 For we hear that there are some of you who live disorderly lives and are mere idle busybodies. (WEY RSV NIV)

1 Timothy 5:13 Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Titus 1:10 For there are many that spurn authority--idle, talkative and deceitful persons, who, for the most part, are adherents of the Circumcision. (WEY)

Titus 1:12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons." (WEB WEY ASV)

James 2:20 But, idle boaster, are you willing to be taught how it is that faith apart from obedience is worthless? Take the case of Abraham our forefather. (WEY)

2 Peter 1:8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (WEB WEY ASV DBY)

2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not. (DBY YLT NAS RSV)

3 John 1:10 For this reason, if I come, I shall not forget his conduct, nor his idle and mischievous talk against us. And he does not stop there: he not only will not receive the brethren, but those who desire to do this he hinders, and excludes them from the Church. (WEY)

Exodus 5:8 The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying,'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.' (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Exodus 5:17 But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say,'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.' (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Deuteronomy 32:47 For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it." (See NAS NIV)

Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger. Isaiah (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Ecclesiastes 10:18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Ecclesiastes 11:6 In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good. (See NAS NIV)

Ecclesiastes 12:3 In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see; (See NAS)

Isaiah 16:6 We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false. (See NAS)

Isaiah 58:13 If thou turn back thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of Jehovah, honourable; and thou honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking idle words; (DBY NIV)

Jeremiah 48:30 I know his wrath, says Yahweh, that it is nothing; his boastings have worked nothing. (See NAS)

Amos 6:5 that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; (ASV RSV)

Idle (33 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate
use; unemployed; as, idle hours. 3. (superl.) Not employed ...
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Idleness (4 Occurrences)
... (n.) The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word);
uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness. ...IDLE; IDLENESS. ...
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Lazy (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Disinclined to action or exertion; averse
to labor; idle; shirking work. ... Exodus 5:17 But he said, "You are idle! ...
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Tale (7 Occurrences)
... the words of a favorite hymn or passage (Psalm 1:2). The disciples considered the
account given by the women in regard to the resurrection as "idle tales" (the ...
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Dream (82 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; --
in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as ...
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Standing (334 Occurrences)
... Matthew 20:3 He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle
in the marketplace. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Solomon (277 Occurrences)
... The idle king living among these idle women, for 1,000 women, with all their idle
and mischievous attendants, filled the palaces and pleasure-houses which he ...
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Gadding (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Gadding (1 Occurrence). 1 Timothy 5:13 Besides,
they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. ...
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Gossip (7 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. ...
8. (vi) To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Gossips (5 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). 1 Timothy 5:13 Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about
from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and ...
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691. argeo -- to be idle
... to be idle. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: argeo Phonetic Spelling:
(arg-eh'-o) Short Definition: I linger, delay, am idle Definition: I linger, delay ...
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692. argos -- inactive, idle
... inactive, idle. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: argos Phonetic Spelling:
(ar-gos') Short Definition: idle, lazy, thoughtless Definition: idle, lazy ...
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3150. mataiologia -- idle or foolish talk
... idle or foolish talk. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: mataiologia
Phonetic Spelling: (mat-ah-yol-og-ee'-ah) Short Definition: foolish talking ...
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3636. okneros -- shrinking, timid, hence idle, lazy, troublesome
... shrinking, timid, hence idle, lazy, troublesome. Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: okneros Phonetic Spelling: (ok-nay-ros') Short Definition: slothful ...
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2673. katargeo -- to render inoperative, abolish
... Transliteration: katargeo Phonetic Spelling: (kat-arg-eh'-o) Short Definition: I
bring to naught, sever, abolish Definition: (a) I make idle (inactive), make ...
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3026. leros -- silly talk
... silly talk. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: leros Phonetic Spelling:
(lay'-ros) Short Definition: folly, nonsense, idle talk Definition: folly ...
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3454. muthos -- a speech, story, ie a fable
... a speech, story, ie a fable. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: muthos
Phonetic Spelling: (moo'-thos) Short Definition: an idle tale, fable ...
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3151. mataiologos -- talking idly
... vain talker. From mataios and lego; an idle (ie Senseless or mischievous) talker,
ie A wrangler -- vain talker. see GREEK mataios. see GREEK lego. ...
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812. atakteo -- to be out of order, be remiss
... I behave disorderly Definition: (lit: I march out of order; then: I riot, rebel),
behave disorderly, neglect my duty, am careless (or idle) in habits. ...
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4691. spermologos -- a seed picker, fig. one who picks up scraps ...
... Definition a seed picker, fig. one who picks up scraps of knowledge NASB
Word Usage idle babbler (1). babbler. From sperma and lego ...
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