Proverbs 26:15

World English Bible (2000)

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:24 : 24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

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  • Prov 19:24
    94%

    24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 26:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

    14As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    80%

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

    26There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

  • Prov 19:15
    80%

    15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 26:16-17
    2 verses
    78%

    16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

    17Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

  • Prov 12:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

    24The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

  • Prov 13:4
    76%

    4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

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

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

    11so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

  • Prov 12:27
    75%

    27The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

  • Prov 18:9
    75%

    9One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

  • Prov 15:19
    75%

    19The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

  • Eccl 4:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

    6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

  • Prov 10:26
    74%

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

  • Prov 20:4
    74%

    4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

  • Eccl 10:18
    74%

    18By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 24:33
    73%

    33a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

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

  • Prov 22:13
    73%

    13The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

  • Prov 24:30
    72%

    30I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Prov 16:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

    27A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

  • Prov 30:32
    71%

    32"If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

  • Prov 6:6
    70%

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

  • Prov 26:9
    70%

    9Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 23:21
    70%

    21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

  • Matt 25:26
    69%

    26"But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.

  • Prov 16:30
    69%

    30One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

  • Prov 26:27
    69%

    27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

  • Prov 27:16
    68%

    16restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.

  • Ps 36:3
    68%

    3The 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 hide it under his tongue,

    13though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;

  • Ps 129:7
    68%

    7with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

  • Prov 10:18
    68%

    18He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

  • Job 15:23
    68%

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

  • Prov 6:30
    68%

    30Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

  • Prov 29:24
    67%

    24Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.

  • Job 15:27
    67%

    27because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.

  • Prov 21:5
    67%

    5The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

  • Job 31:27
    67%

    27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,