Proverbs 21:25 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁵ The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ The desire of the slothful killeth him; For his hands refuse to labour.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

Common English Bible

²⁵ The desires of the lazy will kill them, because their hands refuse to do anything.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ Desires kill the lazy, for his hands are not willing to work at all.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ Desires kill the slothful: for his hands have refused to work at all.

Proverbs 21:25 Cross References

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Proverbs 12:27

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

Proverbs 19:24

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 22:13

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Proverbs 26:13

The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Proverbs 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

Matthew 25:26

His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed:

Joshua 7:3

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite A´i; and make not all the people to labor thither; for they are but few.