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Proverbs 6:9
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Proverbs 6:9
Lexham English Bible
9 How long will you lie down, lazy?
When will you rise up from your sleep?
Proverbs 6:9
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Proverbs 6:9
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Proverbs 6:9
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Proverbs 6:9
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9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?(A)
When will you get up from your sleep?
Proverbs 6:9
King James Version
Proverbs 6:9
King James Version
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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Proverbs 10:26
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Proverbs 10:26
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26 Like vinegar to the tooth and like smoke to the eyes,
thus is the lazy to one who employs[a] him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:26 Or “sends”
Proverbs 10:26
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Proverbs 10:26
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26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Proverbs 10:26
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Proverbs 10:26
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Proverbs 10:26
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Proverbs 10:26
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26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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Proverbs 15:19
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Proverbs 15:19
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19 The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns,[a]
but the path of the upright is a highway.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:19 Hebrew “thorn”
Proverbs 15:19
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Proverbs 15:19
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19 The way of (A)a sluggard is like a hedge of (B)thorns,
but the path of the upright is (C)a level highway.
Proverbs 15:19
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Proverbs 15:19
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19 The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,(A)
but the path of the upright is a highway.
Proverbs 15:19
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Proverbs 15:19
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19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
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Proverbs 19:24
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Proverbs 19:24
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24 A lazy person buries his hand in the dish,
and even to his mouth he will not bring it back.
Proverbs 19:24
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Proverbs 19:24
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Proverbs 19:24
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Proverbs 19:24
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24 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he will not even bring it back to his mouth!(A)
Proverbs 19:24
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Proverbs 19:24
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24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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4 The lazy person will not plow in season;
he will expect at the harvest, but there will be nothing.
Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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Proverbs 21:25-26
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Proverbs 21:25-26
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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
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Proverbs 21:25-26
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25 The desire of (A)the sluggard kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.
26 All day long he craves and craves,
but the righteous (B)gives and does not hold back.
Proverbs 21:25-26
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Proverbs 21:25-26
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Proverbs 21:25-26
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Proverbs 21:25-26
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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.
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Proverbs 22:13
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Proverbs 22:13
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13 A lazy person says “A lion in the street!
In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!”
Proverbs 22:13
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Proverbs 22:13
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13 (A)The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”
Proverbs 22:13
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Proverbs 22:13
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13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!(A)
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
Proverbs 22:13
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Proverbs 22:13
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13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
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