Proverbs 21:25

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.

Matthew 25:26

But having answered, his lord said to him, Thou evil and lazy bondman, thou knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather from where I did not scatter.

Proverbs 26:16

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

Proverbs 19:24

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

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.

Proverbs 12:27

The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting, but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 26:13

The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.

Joshua 7:3

And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai. Do not make all the people to toil there, for they are but few.