Proverbs 26:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 12:24 : 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 24:33 : 33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:13
    83%

    13The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

  • Prov 26:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.

    16The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

  • Prov 22:13
    78%

    13The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

  • Prov 19:15
    77%

    15Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    77%

    9How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

    11Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

  • Prov 15:19
    76%

    19Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

  • Prov 10:26
    76%

    26Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

    26All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    75%

    33A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

    34So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

  • Prov 19:24
    75%

    24The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

  • Eccl 10:18
    74%

    18When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.

  • Prov 13:4
    73%

    4The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

  • Prov 18:9
    73%

    9He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

  • Prov 12:24
    73%

    24The 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
    73%

    27He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.

  • Prov 24:30
    73%

    30I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

  • Prov 6:6
    71%

    6Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

  • Prov 20:4
    71%

    4The 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 10:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

    5He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.

  • Prov 20:13
    68%

    13Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

  • Prov 26:7-9
    3 verses
    68%

    7The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

    8Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

    9Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

  • Prov 6:4
    68%

    4Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;

  • Job 12:5
    68%

    5In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

  • Ps 127:2
    68%

    2It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.

  • Prov 4:15-16
    2 verses
    67%

    15Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

    16For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

  • Prov 23:21
    67%

    21For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.

  • Prov 26:27
    67%

    27He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

  • Prov 26:11
    67%

    11Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
    66%

    3In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

    4He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

  • Isa 28:20
    66%

    20For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough for him to be covered with.

  • Job 27:18
    65%

    18His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.

  • Eccl 5:12
    65%

    12There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.

  • Prov 24:15
    65%

    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 28:15
    65%

    15Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.

  • Job 33:15
    65%

    15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds;

  • Amos 5:19
    65%

    19As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.

  • Ps 76:5
    65%

    5Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.

  • Prov 16:30
    65%

    30He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

  • Luke 11:7
    65%

    7And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?