Proverbs 10:26 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²⁶ A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who employ and send him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

Common English Bible

²⁶ Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are lazy people to those who authorize them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is a lazy one to those who sent him.

Proverbs 10:26 Cross References

Proverbs 25:13

0 And one that looseth his garment in cold weather. As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a very evil heart. As a moth doth by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth the heart.

Proverbs 25:20

7 As it is not good for a man to eat much honey, so he that is a searcher of majesty, shall be overwhelmed by glory.

Proverbs 26:6

3 The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.

Proverbs 6:6

3 He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.

Isaiah 65:5

3 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my servants shall eat, and you shall be hungry: behold my servants shall drink, and you shall be thirsty.

Matthew 25:26

4 Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Romans 12:11

9 Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord

Hebrews 6:12

For this Melchisedech was king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him: