Verse 24

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

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.