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
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
Lexham English Bible
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
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
Lexham English Bible
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lexham English Bible
13 A lazy person says “A lion in the street!
In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!”
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
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
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
Lexham English Bible
13 A lazy person says “A lion is in the road!
A lion among the streets!”
14 The door turns on its hinge,
and a lazy person on his bed.
15 A lazy person buries his hands in the dish;
he is too tired to return it to his mouth.
16 A lazy person is wiser in his eyes
than seven who answer discreetly.
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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