Verse 24

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 15:19 : 19 Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
• Prov 19:15 : 15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
• Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense; 31 And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it. 33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: 34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
• Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. 14 A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed. 15 The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him. 16 The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
• Matt 26:23 : 23 And he made answer and said, He who puts his hand into the plate with me, the same will be false to me.
• Mark 14:20 : 20 And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who is putting his bread with me into the same plate.
• Ps 74:11 : 11 Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?
• Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
• Prov 12:27 : 27 He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.