Proverbs 10:26 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that sent him.

Proverbs 10:26 Cross References

Proverbs 25:13

Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him, he refreshes the spirit of his masters.

Proverbs 25:20

He who sings songs to a heavy heart is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, and like vinegar on a wound.

Proverbs 26:6

He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

Isaiah 65:5

who say, “Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am set apart from you.” These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all the day.

Matthew 25:26

But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed?

Romans 12:11

Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.