Verse 25

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
  • 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 19:24 : 24 The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
  • 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 : 13 The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
  • Prov 26:16 : 16 The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
  • Matt 25:26 : 26 But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,
  • Prov 12:24 : 24 The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.
  • 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.
  • Prov 6:6-9 : 6 Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise: 7 Having no chief, overseer, or ruler, 8 She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting. 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: 11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man