Proverbs 26:14
As the door turns on its hinges, So does the sluggard on his bed.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
- Prov 12:24 : 24 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, But laziness ends in slave labor.
- Prov 12:27 : 27 The slothful man doesn't roast his game, But the possessions of diligent men are prized.
- Prov 24:33 : 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
- Heb 6:12 : 12 that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.
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13The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"
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15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who answer with discretion.
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13The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"
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15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- Prov 6:9-113 verses77%
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.
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19The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, But the path of the upright is a highway.
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26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to those who send him.
- Prov 21:25-262 verses75%
25The desire of the sluggard kills him, For his hands refuse to labor.
26There are those who covet greedily all the day long; But the righteous give and don't withhold.
- Prov 24:33-342 verses75%
33A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
34So shall your poverty come as a robber, And your want as an armed man.
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24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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18By slothfulness the roof sinks in; And through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
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4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, But the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
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9One who is slack in his work Is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
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24The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, But laziness ends in slave labor.
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27The slothful man doesn't roast his game, But the possessions of diligent men are prized.
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30I went by the field of the sluggard, By the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
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6Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
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4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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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.
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13Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
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7Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8As one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.
9Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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4Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.
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5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune, It is ready for them whose foot slips.
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2It is vain for you to rise up early, To stay up late, Eating the bread of toil; For he gives sleep to his loved ones.
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15Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
16For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
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21For the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; And drowsiness clothes them in rags.
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27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
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11As a dog that returns to his vomit, So is a fool who repeats his folly.
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3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
4He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good; He doesn't abhor evil.
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20For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
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18He builds his house as the moth, As a booth which the watchman makes.
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12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
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15Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting-place:
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15As a roaring lion or a charging bear, So is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
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15In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on men, In slumbering on the bed;
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19As if a man fled from a lion, And a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, And a snake bit him.
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5Valiant men lie plundered, They have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
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30One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, One who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.
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7and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'?