Proverbs 19:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ The lazy person buries a hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to the mouth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Common English Bible

²⁴ Lazy people bury their hand in the bowl; they won’t even put it to their mouth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ The lazy conceals his hand under his arm, and he will not so much as bring it to his mouth.

Proverbs 19:24 Cross References

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the lazy is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 12:27

The lazy do not roast their game, but the diligent obtain precious wealth.

Mark 14:20

He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the bowl with me.

Matthew 26:23

He answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.

Psalm 74:11

Why do you hold back your hand; why do you keep your hand in your bosom?

Proverbs 21:25

The craving of the lazy person is fatal, for lazy hands refuse to labor.