Proverbs 19:15
English Standard Version
Proverbs 19:15
Revised Standard Version
15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep,
and an idle person will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 19:24
English Standard Version
Proverbs 19:24
Revised Standard Version
24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,
and will not even bring it back to his mouth.
Proverbs 20:4
English Standard Version
Proverbs 20:4
Revised Standard Version
4 The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:13
English Standard Version
13 (A)Love not sleep, lest you (B)come to poverty;
open your eyes, and you will have (C)plenty of bread.
Proverbs 20:13
Revised Standard Version
13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty;
open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
Proverbs 21:5
English Standard Version
5 The plans of (A)the diligent lead surely to abundance,
but everyone who is (B)hasty comes (C)only to poverty.
Proverbs 21:5
Revised Standard Version
5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
but every one who is hasty comes only to want.
Proverbs 21:25
English Standard Version
25 The desire of (A)the sluggard kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.
Proverbs 21:25
Revised Standard Version
25 The desire of the sluggard kills him
for his hands refuse to labor.
Proverbs 24:30-34
English Standard Version
30 (A)I passed by the field of a sluggard,
by the vineyard of a man (B)lacking sense,
31 and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
the ground was covered with nettles,
and its stone (C)wall was broken down.
32 Then I saw and (D)considered it;
I looked and received instruction.
33 (E)A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
Proverbs 24:30-34
Revised Standard Version
30 I passed by the field of a sluggard,
by the vineyard of a man without sense;
31 and lo, it was all overgrown with thorns;
the ground was covered with nettles,
and its stone wall was broken down.
32 Then I saw and considered it;
I looked and received instruction.
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
Proverbs 26:13-16
English Standard Version
13 (A)The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
There is a lion in the streets!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so does a sluggard on his bed.
15 (B)The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is (C)wiser in his own eyes
(D)than seven men who can answer sensibly.
Proverbs 26:13-16
Revised Standard Version
13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
There is a lion in the streets!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so does a sluggard on his bed.
15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven men who can answer discreetly.
Proverbs 28:19
English Standard Version
19 (A)Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
Proverbs 28:19
Revised Standard Version
19 He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
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