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 10:26
The Voice
26 As vinegar vexes the teeth, and as smoke irritates the eyes,
so a slacker annoys his boss.
Proverbs 15:19
The Voice
19 Lazy people walk a path overgrown with thornbushes,
but those with integrity travel a wide, level road.
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 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 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 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 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 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.
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