Proverbs 21:25

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Cross References

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath 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 taskwork.

Matthew 25:26

But 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 did not scatter;

Proverbs 26:16

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

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard burieth 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 roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men is to the diligent.

Proverbs 20:4

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

Proverbs 26:13

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

Proverbs 22:13

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

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 Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.