Verse 3

‹Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.›

Referenced Verses

  • Esth 6:6 : 6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 ¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
  • Prov 15:19 : 19 ¶ The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.
  • Prov 18:9 : 9 ¶ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 ¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 ¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
  • Prov 21:25-26 : 25 ¶ The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. 26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 ¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction. 33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
  • Prov 26:13-16 : 13 ¶ The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets. 14 ¶ [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed. 15 ¶ The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 ¶ The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 ¶ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds. 24 For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field. 27 And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens.
  • Prov 29:21 : 21 ¶ He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become [his] son at the length.
  • Isa 10:3 : 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation [which] shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
  • Hos 9:5 : 5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
  • Mark 10:46 : 46 ¶ And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
  • Luke 12:17 : 17 ‹And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?›
  • Luke 16:20 : 20 ‹And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,›
  • Luke 16:22 : 22 ‹And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;›
  • Luke 18:4 : 4 ‹And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;›
  • John 9:8 : 8 ¶ The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
  • Acts 3:2 : 2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
  • Acts 9:6 : 6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord [said] unto him, ‹Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.›
  • 2 Thess 3:11 : 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.