Proverbs 19:24

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The sluggard has plunged his hand into the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks sense. 31 I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then I scrutinized it. I was putting my mind to it– I saw; I took in a lesson: 33 “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, 34 and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”
  • Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!” 14 Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed. 15 The sluggard has plunged his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.
  • Matt 26:23 : 23 He answered,“The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.
  • Mark 14:20 : 20 He said to them,“It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl.
  • Ps 74:11 : 11 Why do you remain inactive? Intervene and destroy him!
  • Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
  • Prov 12:27 : 27 The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:13-16
    4 verses
    94%

    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.

  • Prov 19:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

    16The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

  • Prov 21:24-26
    3 verses
    79%

    24A proud and arrogant person, whose name is“Scoffer,” acts with overbearing pride.

    25What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands have refused to work.

    26All day long he has craved greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 12:23-24
    2 verses
    78%

    23The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.

    24The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labor.

  • Prov 20:4
    76%

    4The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he asks for grain but has nothing.

  • Prov 12:27
    76%

    27The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

  • Prov 13:4
    75%

    4The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

  • Prov 15:19
    75%

    19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

  • Prov 18:9
    75%

    9The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

  • Eccl 4:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.

    6Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.

  • Prov 6:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    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,

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

    5The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a shameful son.

  • Prov 24:30
    73%

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

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    73%

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

    34and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”

  • Prov 22:13
    73%

    13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”

  • Eccl 10:18
    73%

    18Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 10:26
    72%

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

  • Prov 19:23
    71%

    23Fearing the LORD leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.

  • Prov 23:21
    71%

    21because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

  • Prov 19:25
    70%

    25Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 30:32
    70%

    32If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!

  • Prov 29:24
    69%

    24Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

  • Prov 6:6
    69%

    6Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!

  • Prov 16:26
    69%

    26A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.

  • Prov 10:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

    19When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

  • Job 20:13
    68%

    13if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,

  • Prov 27:12
    68%

    12A shrewd person saw danger–he hid himself; the naive passed right on by– they had to pay for it.

  • Prov 26:9
    68%

    9Like a thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb has gone up into the mouth of a fool.

  • Prov 20:13
    68%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

  • Prov 6:30
    68%

    30People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.

  • Prov 28:27
    68%

    27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

  • Prov 27:16
    68%

    16Whoever contains her has contained the wind or can grasp oil with his right hand.

  • Matt 25:26
    68%

    26But 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?

  • Prov 29:19
    67%

    19A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.

  • Prov 16:30
    67%

    30The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.

  • Ps 129:7
    67%

    7which cannot fill the reaper’s hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!