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Proverbs 6:9
The Voice
Proverbs 6:9
The Voice
9 How long do you plan to lounge your life away, you lazy fool?
Will you ever get out of bed?
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 10:26
The Voice
Proverbs 10:26
The Voice
26 As vinegar vexes the teeth, and as smoke irritates the eyes,
so a slacker annoys his boss.
Proverbs 10:26
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Proverbs 10:26
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Proverbs 15:19
The Voice
Proverbs 15:19
The Voice
19 Lazy people walk a path overgrown with thornbushes,
but those with integrity travel a wide, level road.
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 19:24
The Voice
Proverbs 19:24
The Voice
24 Some people are so lazy—they reach for food on the plate
but lack the will to bring it up to their mouths.
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 20:4
The Voice
Proverbs 20:4
The Voice
4 A slacker procrastinates when it is time to plow;
so when it’s time for harvest, there are no crops in the field.
Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 21:25-26
The Voice
Proverbs 21:25-26
The Voice
25 What slackers crave will surely kill them
because they refuse to work.
26 All day, every day the greedy want more,
while those who live right give generously.
Proverbs 21:25-26
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Proverbs 21:25-26
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Proverbs 22:13
The Voice
Proverbs 22:13
The Voice
13 A lazy person says, “A lion! Right outside!
I will surely die in the streets!
Yet another good reason to stay in today.”
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 24:30-34
The Voice
Proverbs 24:30-34
The Voice
30 Once I passed by the property of a slacker,
by the vineyard of a foolish man.
31 You should have seen it! The entire field was overgrown with thorns.
Every inch was covered with weeds.
Even the stone wall was crumbling down.
32 I took a moment to take it all in.
The scene taught me:
33 “A little sleep, a little rest,
a few more minutes, a nice little nap.”
34 But soon poverty will be on top of you like a robber,
need will strike you down like a well-armed warrior.
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)
Proverbs 26:13-16
The Voice
Proverbs 26:13-16
The Voice
13 A lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the road!
A lion in the streets!
Another good reason to stay in today.”
14 As a door swings on its hinges and goes nowhere,
so a slacker turns over in his bed.
15 Some people are so lazy that they reach for food on the plate
but lack the will to bring it up to their mouths.
16 The slacker sees himself as wiser by far
than seven men who can converse intelligently.
Proverbs 26:13-16
New International Version
Proverbs 26:13-16
New International Version
13 A sluggard says,(A) “There’s a lion in the road,
a fierce lion roaming the streets!”(B)
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so a sluggard turns on his bed.(C)
15 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.(D)
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven people who answer discreetly.
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