Is idle brain the devils workshop in the Bible?

Answer 1

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Although this quote is not in The Bible, there is a similar verse that was applied to the people of Sodom

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Ezekiel 16.49. Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Answer 2

The quote 'An idle brain is the devil's workshop' is not a bible quote, it is actually from the "Hand-Book of Proverbs" H.G. Bohn.

The bible does comment on idleness, in the book of Thessalonians, but doesn't have this direct quote.

Answer 3

It is not a quote from the Bible, but comes from H.G. Bohn, a British publisher born in in London in 1796. Some Bible verses do address the issue however. For example:

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.

Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

Answer 4

Some people use the phrase "an idle brain is the devil's workshop" because when we are daydreaming or bored or let our minds wonder the devil can take it and run with it. He can give you thought and ideas that you never dreamed of pondering. it is our duty to make our thoughts be obedient to Christ.

Answer 5

It is not biblical but secular. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop" and it's from H.G. Bohn's, "Hand-Book of Proverbs," 1855

Answer 6

No, it is an English proverb from writings in the 18th and 19th Centuries.

Answer 7

It is not scriptural but secular. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop" and it's from H.G. Bohn's, "Hand-Book of Proverbs," 1855

Answer 8

NO