Proverbs 26:15

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

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  • Prov 19:24 : 24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish but will not even bring it back to his mouth.

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  • Prov 19:24
    94%

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

  • Prov 26:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

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

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

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    80%

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

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

  • Prov 19:15
    80%

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

  • Prov 26:16-17
    2 verses
    78%

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

    17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is someone who meddles in a quarrel not their own.

  • Prov 12:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23 A prudent person conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

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

  • Prov 13:4
    76%

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

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    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—

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

  • Prov 12:27
    75%

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

  • Prov 18:9
    75%

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

  • Prov 15:19
    75%

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

  • Eccl 4:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.

    6 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

  • Prov 10:26
    74%

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

  • Prov 20:4
    74%

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

  • Eccl 10:18
    74%

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

  • Prov 24:33
    73%

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

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Prov 22:13
    73%

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

  • Prov 24:30
    72%

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

  • Prov 16:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26 The laborer’s appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on.

    27 A worthless man plots evil, and his words are like a scorching fire.

  • Prov 30:32
    71%

    32 If you have acted foolishly by exalting yourself, or if you have devised evil, put your hand over your mouth.

  • Prov 6:6
    70%

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

  • Prov 26:9
    70%

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

  • Prov 23:21
    70%

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

  • Matt 25:26
    69%

    26 His master answered, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered.

  • Prov 16:30
    69%

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

  • Prov 26:27
    69%

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

  • Prov 27:16
    68%

    16 Trying to restrain her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

  • Ps 36:3
    68%

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

  • Job 20:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12 Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

    13 though he cherishes it and does not let it go, but keeps it in the midst of his mouth,

  • Ps 129:7
    68%

    7 with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his arms.

  • Prov 10:18
    68%

    18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

  • Job 15:23
    68%

    23 He wanders about for food, asking, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.

  • Prov 6:30
    68%

    30 Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

  • Prov 29:24
    67%

    24 Whoever partners with a thief hates his own life; he hears the curse but does not testify.

  • Job 15:27
    67%

    27 Though he has covered his face with fat and clothed his waist with layers of flesh,

  • Prov 21:5
    67%

    5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

  • Job 31:27
    67%

    27 and my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand offered them a kiss in worship,

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