Proverbs 26:14

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As a door turns on its hinges, so a lazy person turns on their bed.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
  • Prov 12:24 : 24 The diligent hand will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
  • Prov 12:27 : 27 The lazy do not roast their game, but diligent people prize their possessions.
  • Prov 24:33 : 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 Then you will not become sluggish, but will imitate those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 26:13
    83%

    13The lazy person says, 'There is a lion in the road, a lion in the streets!'

  • Prov 26:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15The lazy person buries their hand in the dish and is too weary to bring it back to their mouth.

    16The lazy person is wiser in their own eyes than seven people who answer sensibly.

  • Prov 22:13
    78%

    13The lazy person says, 'There's a lion outside! I might be killed in the streets!'

  • Prov 19:15
    77%

    15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    77%

    9How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

    11and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

  • Prov 15:19
    76%

    19The path of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the upright is smooth.

  • Prov 10:26
    76%

    26Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to those who send him.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25The desire of the lazy person kills them, for their hands refuse to work.

    26All day long they crave and crave, but the righteous give and do not hold back.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    75%

    33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

    34and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.

  • Prov 19:24
    75%

    24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish but will not even bring it back to his mouth.

  • Eccl 10:18
    74%

    18Because of laziness, the roof sinks, and through idle hands, the house leaks.

  • Prov 13:4
    73%

    4The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

  • Prov 18:9
    73%

    9A lazy person in his work is a brother to a destroyer.

  • Prov 12:24
    73%

    24The diligent hand will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

  • Prov 12:27
    73%

    27The lazy do not roast their game, but diligent people prize their possessions.

  • Prov 24:30
    73%

    30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one lacking sense.

  • Prov 6:6
    71%

    6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise.

  • Prov 20:4
    71%

    4The sluggard does not plow in the winter; at harvest time he looks for something, but finds nothing.

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

    5The one who gathers during summer is a prudent son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

  • Prov 20:13
    68%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

  • Prov 26:7-9
    3 verses
    68%

    7Like the legs of a lame person that hang limp, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

    8Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.

    9Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 6:4
    68%

    4Do not allow sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

  • Job 12:5
    68%

    5"Those who are at ease hold contempt for misfortune, as if it were prepared for the feet of those slipping."

  • Ps 127:2
    68%

    2It is futile for you to rise early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for He grants sleep to His beloved.

  • Prov 4:15-16
    2 verses
    67%

    15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn away from it and go on your way.

    16For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

  • Prov 23:21
    67%

    21For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

  • Prov 26:27
    67%

    27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and the one who rolls a stone—it will come back upon them.

  • Prov 26:11
    67%

    11Like a dog returning to its vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
    66%

    3For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

    4The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has stopped being wise and doing good.

  • Isa 28:20
    66%

    20The bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.

  • Job 27:18
    65%

    18He builds his house like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

  • Eccl 5:12
    65%

    12I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners.

  • Prov 24:15
    65%

    15Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • Prov 28:15
    65%

    15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

  • Job 33:15
    65%

    15In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,

  • Amos 5:19
    65%

    19It will be as if a man flees from a lion, only to be met by a bear; or as if he enters his house, rests his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him.

  • Ps 76:5
    65%

    5You are radiant and majestic, more excellent than the mountains of prey.

  • Prov 16:30
    65%

    30The one who winks with his eyes is plotting perverse things, and the one who purses his lips is bent on evil.

  • Luke 11:7
    65%

    7And suppose the one inside answers, “Don’t bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.”