Proverbs 6:9
English Standard Version
Proverbs 6:9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep?
Proverbs 10:26
English Standard Version
26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Proverbs 10:26
Holman Christian Standard Bible
26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,(A)
so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.
Proverbs 15:19
English Standard Version
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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
19 A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge,
but the path of the upright is a highway.(A)
Proverbs 19:24
English Standard Version
Proverbs 19:24
Holman Christian Standard Bible
24 The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth.(A)
Proverbs 20:4
English Standard Version
Proverbs 20:4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 The slacker does not plow during planting season;[a]
at harvest time he looks,[b] and there is nothing.(A)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:4 Lit plow in winter
- Proverbs 20:4 Lit inquires
Proverbs 21:25-26
English Standard Version
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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
25 A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.(A)
26 He is filled with craving[a] all day long,
but the righteous give and don’t hold back.(B)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:26 Lit He craves a craving
Proverbs 22:13
English Standard Version
13 (A)The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”
Proverbs 22:13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”(A)
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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
30 I went by the field of a slacker
and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense.
31 Thistles had come up everywhere,
weeds covered the ground,(A)
and the stone wall was ruined.
32 I saw, and took it to heart;
I looked, and received instruction:
33 a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the arms to rest,
34 and your poverty will come like a robber,
your need, like a bandit.(B)
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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”(A)
14 A door turns on its hinges,
and a slacker, on his bed.(B)
15 The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he is too weary to bring it to his mouth.(C)
16 In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser(D)
than seven men who can answer sensibly.
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