Proverbs 10:26
Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 25:13 : 13 Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the heart of his masters.
- Prov 25:20 : 20 Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
- Prov 26:6 : 6 Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.
- Matt 25:26 : 26 But his master answered,‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?
- Rom 12:11 : 11 Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.
- Heb 6:12 : 12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.
- Isa 65:5 : 5 They say,‘Keep to yourself! Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’ These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long.
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- Prov 26:13-164 verses76%
13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”
14Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
15The sluggard has plunged his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.
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9The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.
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19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.
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25What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands have refused to work.
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15Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
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9How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
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24The sluggard has plunged his hand into the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
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30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks sense.
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4The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
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18Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.
- Prov 26:6-116 verses71%
6Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.
7Like legs dangle uselessly from the lame, so a proverb dangles in the mouth of fools.
8Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.
9Like a thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb has gone up into the mouth of a fool.
10Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passerby.
11Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
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13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”
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6Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!
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27The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.
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27Fearing the LORD prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened.
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4The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he asks for grain but has nothing.
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24The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labor.
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33“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
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5For calamity, there is derision(according to the ideas of the fortunate)– a fate for those whose feet slip!
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21because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
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18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.
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4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
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10The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.
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27A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.
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4Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
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18Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,
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10Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.
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32Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.
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16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.
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6For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.
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20Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
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11If the snake should bite before it is charmed, the snake charmer is in trouble.
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10When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.
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1One dead fly makes the perfumer’s ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.
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3A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
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5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.
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8Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun!
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18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.
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9One who quarries stones may be injured by them; one who splits logs may be endangered by them.
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29Someone with great understanding is slow to anger, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.