Proverbs 26:14
Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
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Referenced Verses
- 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 12:24 : 24 The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labor.
- Prov 12:27 : 27 The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.
- Prov 24:33 : 33 “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
- Heb 6:12 : 12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.
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13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”
- Prov 26:15-162 verses81%
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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13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”
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15Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
- Prov 6:9-113 verses77%
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,
11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.
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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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26Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
- Prov 21:25-262 verses75%
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 24:33-342 verses75%
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.”
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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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18Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.
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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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9The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.
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24The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labor.
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27The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.
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30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks sense.
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6Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!
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4The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he asks for grain but has nothing.
- Prov 10:4-52 verses70%
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.
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13Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.
- Prov 26:7-93 verses68%
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.
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4Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
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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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2It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he provides for those whom he loves even when they sleep.
- Prov 4:15-162 verses67%
15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.
16For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
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21because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
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27The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone– it will come back on him.
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11Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
- Ps 36:3-42 verses66%
3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.
4He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.
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20For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself.
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18The house he builds is as fragile as a moth’s cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.
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12The sleep of the laborer is pleasant– whether he eats little or much– but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
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15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.
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15Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
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15In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.
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19Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.
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5The bravehearted were plundered; they“fell asleep.” All the warriors were helpless.
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30The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.
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7Then he will reply from inside,‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’