3am

cookies and toast and almost the desire to go for a walk and look at the stars... but, I think I'll just read a little and have another piece of toast...

the nights are just so spectacular yet so peaceful at the same time...

pause... was thinking about why I am reading the sci fi book I'm reading... and I was coming reading fictional works to religion... I was thinking the characters and plot are created in the same way GODS are created... but religion has different purposes... guidance and control...

got sidetracked reading a bunch of different web pages...

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Please I have read this words "an idle mind is the devil's workshop" from the Bible before and it is located in the new testerment but I cannot locate it again. It is a Bible quote. Please help me out.

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Nothing good comes from boredom. It's said that idle hands are the devil's workshop, an old saying dating at least as far back as Chaucer in the twelfth century who called idle hands the devil's tools.

: : Fac et aliquid operis, ut semper te diabolus inveniat occupatum. (St Jerome, _Letters_)

: : Therefore seith Seint Jerome: "Dooth somme goode dedes that the devel, which is oure enemy, ne fynde yow nat unocupied." (Chaucer, _Tale of Melibee_)

: : In Works of Labour or of Skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some mischief still for idle Hands to do. (I. Watts, _Divine Songs for Children_, 1715)

: : If the Devil finds a Man idle, he'll set him at Work. (J. Kelly, _Scottish Proverbs_, 1721)

: : If the devil catch a man idle, he'll set him at work. (T. Fuller, _Gnomologia_, 1732)

: : Idle Brains are the Devil's Workhouses. (_ibid._)

: : The Turks have a proverb, which says, that _The devil tempts all other men, but that idle men tempt the devil. (Colton, _Lacon_, 1820)

: : An idle brain is the devil's workshop. (H.G. Bohn, _Hand-Book of Proverbs_, 1855)

: : "Idle hands do the Devil's work, Paul." (K. Vonnegut, _Player Piano_, 1952)

: : "Idle hands are the devil's workshop." That seems to be the attitude among President Clinton's Pentagon appointees who recently drafted plans to involve the military in domestic social programs.... (_Washington Times_, May 18, 1995)

: "Friends, the idle brain is the devil's playground."....Meredith Willson, "The Music Man"....
: because I can't come up with anything better.....

IDLE HANDS ARE THE DEVIL'S TOOLS - "Idleness is the root of mischief. This maxim has been traced back to Chaucer's 'Tale of Melibee' (c. 1386). First attested in the United States in 'Collections' (1808). The proverb is found in varying forms:: Satan has some mischief for idle hands to do; The devil finds work (or mischief) for idle hands to do." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).

Another way of phrasing it, to stay out of trouble: PUT YOUR HANDS TO WORK AND HEARTS TO GOD - Philosophy of Ann Lee, "Mother Ann," founder of United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, known as the Shakers.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/.../1217.html

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, it is an old English proverb.

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

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_an_idle_brain_the_devil&

"Idle hands are the devil's tools" says that people (especially children) are more likely to get into trouble when they feel bored and have nothing to do. Example: "My mother taught me that children should always be kept busy; idle hands are the devil's tools!" The "Devil" (in the Christian bible) is the bad angel who fights against God by getting people to do bad things. The Devil uses whatever tools are available. "Idle hands" are the hands of a person who is not doing anything. "Idle hands are the devil's tools" because when you are not busy you may end up doing things which you should not do. Example: "It makes me nervous to see those kids outside just standing around; idle hands are the devils tools!" Hands often represent action, but idle hands are hands that are not acting; they are waiting and looking for something to do. "Idle hands are the devil's tools" says that when people are idle they will find things to do which they should not do. Example: "I'd like you to keep the kids very busy while we are gone; they get into trouble easily and idle hands are the devil's tools."

http://www.goenglish.com/IdleHandsAreTheDevilsTools.asp

The devil finds work for idle hands.

something that you say which means people who have no work or activity are more likely to do things they should not do, such as commit crimes. There's plenty more tidying to do if you've finished the bedroom. The devil finds work for idle hands.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/.../...rk+for+idle+hands

There is a set of English proverbs that are worded similarly:

* Idle hands are the devil's workshop
* Idle hands are the devil's tools ("Collections" 1808)
* Idle brains are the devil's workhouses (T. Fuller 1732)
* An idle brain is the devil's workshop (H. G. Bohn, "Hand-Book of Proverbs," 1855)
* If the Devil finds a Man idle, he'll set him at work (J. Kelly, "Scottish Proverbs," 1721)
* The devil finds work (or mischief) for idle hands to do

There are many variations, but they all follow the same theme: A person who doesn't have something particular to occupy himself with doing will be tempted to occupy himself with sin. The phrasing is not found in the Bible, but like many "chimney corner scriptures" it has its roots in a scriptural idea.

Idleness means you have not particular goal in mind and thus you can be easily distracted. Warning is given about supporting young widows from the church's funds because leaves the woman with little to do. "And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not" (I Timothy 5:13). For this same cause, all Christians are commanded to work. "For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread" (II Thessalonians 3:10-12).

http://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/.../06-09.htm