Proverbs 21:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.”
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BSBPD
“The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 21:25 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 7:3On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”
- Proverbs 6:6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
- Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
- Proverbs 12:27A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.
- Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
- Proverbs 15:19The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- Proverbs 19:24The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
- Proverbs 20:4The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
- Proverbs 22:13The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
- Proverbs 24:30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
- Proverbs 26:13The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
- Proverbs 26:16The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
- Matthew 25:26‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
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