L’s That Lead To Lack Or Poverty

L’s That Lead to Lack or Poverty

Laziness

Proverbs 14:23 - In all labour there is profit:

but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. ( lack )

Proverbs 6:6 - Go to the ant, thou sluggard;

consider her ways, and be wise:

Proverbs 20:4 - The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 - For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

Lust

James 1:14-15 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away

of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived,

it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Exodus 20:14 - Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Leviticus 18:22 - Thou shalt not lie with mankind,

as with womankind: it is abomination.

Romans 12:1 - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Romans 1:26 - For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections:

or even their women did change the natural use

into that which is against nature:

Romans 1:27 - And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use

of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another;

men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving

in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

Liqueur Stores

Proverbs 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Ephesians 5:18 - And be not drunk with wine, wherein is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit;

Proverbs 20:1 - Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging:

and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

1 Corinthians 5:11 - But now I have written unto you, not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator,

or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard,

or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

Lottery ---- Gambling

Proverbs 13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished:

but he that gathers by labor shall increase.

1 Timothy 6:9 - But they that will be rich fall into temptation

and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts,

which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Proverbs 28:22 - He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye,

and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Luke 16:13 - No servant can serve two masters: for either

he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one,

and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Leisure--T-Bone Taste on a Hamburger Budget, Things you can’t afford.

Proverbs 25:28 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit

is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Titus 2:12 - Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,

we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

1 Corinthians 9:27 - But I keep under my body,

and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means,

when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Romans 13:14 - But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,

and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

1 Corinthians 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards,

that a man be found faithful.

Larceny - (not arson) the wrongful taking of the personal goods, robbery

Malachi 3:8-9 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Lying

Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that you have

put off the old man with his deeds;

Proverbs 13:5 A righteous man hates lying: but a wicked man

is loathsome, and comes to shame.

Leviticus 19:11 You shall not steal, neither deal falsely,

neither lie one to another.

Psalms 119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but your law do I love.

Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD:

but they that deal truly are his delight.

Laundromats

Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful

and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household,

to give them their portion of meat in due season?

Luke 16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also

in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

Matthew 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good

and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.