Proverbs 19:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.

Proverbs 19:24 Cross References

Psalm 74:11

Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? Pluck it out of thy bosom and consume them.

Proverbs 12:27

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: But the precious substance of men is to the diligent

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the sluggard is as an hedge of thorns: But the path of the upright is made an highway.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 21:25

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

Matthew 26:23

And he answered and said, He that dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

Mark 14:20

And he said unto them, It is one of the twelve, he that dippeth with me in the dish.