Proverbs 26:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

The lazy man hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it back to his mouth.

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  • Prov 19:24 : 24 A slothful man hides his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

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  • Prov 19:24
    94%

    24 A slothful man hides his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 26:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13 The lazy man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

    14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy one turn upon his bed.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    80%

    25 The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

    26 He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 19:15
    80%

    15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 26:16-17
    2 verses
    78%

    16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give an answer.

    17 He who passes by and meddles in strife not belonging to him is like one who takes a dog by the ears.

  • Prov 12:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23 A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

    24 The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.

  • Prov 13:4
    76%

    4 The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9 How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?

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

    11 So shall your poverty come upon you like a traveler, and your need like an armed man.

  • Prov 12:27
    75%

    27 The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, but diligence is a man's precious possession.

  • Prov 18:9
    75%

    9 He who is slothful in his work is brother to him who is a great waster.

  • Prov 15:19
    75%

    19 The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.

  • Eccl 4:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.

    6 Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 10:26
    74%

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

  • Prov 20:4
    74%

    4 The sluggard will not plow because of the cold; therefore he shall beg during harvest, and have nothing.

  • Eccl 10:18
    74%

    18 By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 24:33
    73%

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

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

    5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

  • Prov 22:13
    73%

    13 The slothful man says, 'There is a lion outside; I shall be slain in the streets.'

  • Prov 24:30
    72%

    30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

  • Prov 16:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26 He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.

    27 An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.

  • Prov 30:32
    71%

    32 If you have acted foolishly in exalting yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand on 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 into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 23:21
    70%

    21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

  • Matt 25:26
    69%

    26 But his lord answered and said to him, You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.

  • Prov 16:30
    69%

    30 He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things; moving his lips, he brings evil to pass.

  • Prov 26:27
    69%

    27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

  • Prov 27:16
    68%

    16 Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand reveals itself.

  • Ps 36:3
    68%

    3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

  • Job 20:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12 Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,

    13 Though he spares it and does not forsake it, but keeps it still within his mouth,

  • Ps 129:7
    68%

    7 With which the mower does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.

  • Prov 10:18
    68%

    18 He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

  • Job 15:23
    68%

    23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

  • Prov 6:30
    68%

    30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry;

  • Prov 29:24
    67%

    24 Whoever is a partner with a thief hates his own soul; he hears cursing, and does not reveal it.

  • Job 15:27
    67%

    27 Because he covers his face with his fatness, and makes collops of fat on his flanks.

  • Prov 21:5
    67%

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

  • Job 31:27
    67%

    27 And my heart was secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand: