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Proverbs 19:15
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 19:15
Evangelical Heritage Version
15 Laziness makes a person fall into a deep sleep,
and an idle person will go hungry.
Proverbs 19:15
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 19:15
Lexham English Bible
15 Laziness will bring on a deep sleep,
and a person[a] of idleness will suffer hunger.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:15 Or “soul,” or “life”
Proverbs 19:15
New International Version
Proverbs 19:15
New International Version
15 Laziness brings on deep sleep,
and the shiftless go hungry.(A)
Proverbs 19:24
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 19:24
Evangelical Heritage Version
24 A lazy person buries his hand in the dish,
but he does not even bring the food up to his mouth.
Proverbs 19:24
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 19:24
Lexham English Bible
24 A lazy person buries his hand in the dish,
and even to his mouth he will not bring it back.
Proverbs 19:24
New International Version
Proverbs 19:24
New International Version
24 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he will not even bring it back to his mouth!(A)
Proverbs 20:4
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 20:4
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 A lazy person fails to plow when it is the season for planting.[a]
He expects something in the harvest, but nothing will be there.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:4 Literally at the start of the rainy season
Proverbs 20:4
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 20:4
Lexham English Bible
4 The lazy person will not plow in season;
he will expect at the harvest, but there will be nothing.
Proverbs 20:4
New International Version
Proverbs 20:4
New International Version
Proverbs 20:13
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 20:13
Evangelical Heritage Version
13 Do not love sleep, or you will become poor.
Keep your eyes open, and you will have enough to eat.
Proverbs 20:13
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 20:13
Lexham English Bible
13 Do not love sleep, lest you become poor;
open your eyes and have plenty bread.
Proverbs 20:13
New International Version
Proverbs 20:13
New International Version
13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;(A)
stay awake and you will have food to spare.
Proverbs 21:17
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 21:17
Evangelical Heritage Version
17 Whoever loves pleasure will be poor.
Whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.
Proverbs 21:17
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 21:17
Lexham English Bible
17 A man of want is he who loves pleasure;
he who loves wine and oil[a] will not become rich.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:17 Or “fat”
Proverbs 21:17
New International Version
Proverbs 21:17
New International Version
17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.(A)
Proverbs 21:25-26
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 21:25-26
Evangelical Heritage Version
25 A lazy person’s craving will kill him,
because his hands refuse to work.
26 All day long he craves something more,
but a righteous person gives and does not hold back.
Proverbs 21:25-26
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 21:25-26
Lexham English Bible
25 The craving of a lazy person will kill him,
for his hands refuse to work.[a]
26 All day[b] he craves a craving,
but the righteous will give and not hold back.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:25 Or “make”
- Proverbs 21:26 Literally “All the day”
Proverbs 21:25-26
New International Version
Proverbs 21:25-26
New International Version
Proverbs 22:29
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 22:29
Evangelical Heritage Version
29 Do you see a person who is efficient in his work?
He will serve kings.
He will not serve nobodies.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:29 Or unimportant people
Proverbs 22:29
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 22:29
Lexham English Bible
29 A man who is skillful in his work, you shall see:
before kings, he will serve;
he will not serve before the commoners.
Proverbs 22:29
New International Version
Proverbs 22:29
New International Version
Saying 6
Proverbs 24:27
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 24:27
Evangelical Heritage Version
27 Prepare your work outside,
and get things ready for yourself in the fields.
Afterward, build your house.
Proverbs 24:27
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 24:27
Lexham English Bible
27 Prepare your work in the street and get it ready for yourself in the field;
afterward, then[a] you shall build your house.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:27 Hebrew “and”
Proverbs 24:27
New International Version
Proverbs 24:27
New International Version
27 Put your outdoor work in order
and get your fields ready;
after that, build your house.
Proverbs 24:30-34
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 24:30-34
Evangelical Heritage Version
30 I passed by a lazy man’s field
and by a vineyard that belonged to a senseless man.
31 It was overgrown with thistles
and covered with weeds.
Its stone wall was broken down.
32 When I saw this, I took it to heart.
I observed and learned a lesson:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 and poverty will come on you like a prowler,
and scarcity will come like a warrior.
Proverbs 24:30-34
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 24:30-34
Lexham English Bible
30 I passed by the field of a lazy person,
and over the vineyard of a person lacking sense;[a]
31 and behold, it was overgrown—all of it was covered with thorns, its surface with nettles,
and its stone wall[b] was broken down.
32 Then I myself saw and my heart[c] considered;
I looked, and I took hold of instruction:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands for rest,
34 and your poverty will come running,
and your lack like an armed warrior.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:30 Literally “heart”
- Proverbs 24:31 Literally “a wall of his/its stones”
- Proverbs 24:32 Or “mind”
Proverbs 24:30-34
New International Version
Proverbs 24:30-34
New International Version
30 I went past the field of a sluggard,(A)
past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 thorns had come up everywhere,
the ground was covered with weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.
32 I applied my heart to what I observed
and learned a lesson from what I saw:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest(B)—
34 and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.(C)
Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV)
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