Proverbs 21:25

Bible in Basic English 1965

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.

Proverbs 12:27

He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.

Proverbs 13:4

The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

Proverbs 15:19

Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

Proverbs 19:24

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 20:4

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

Proverbs 22:13

The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

Proverbs 26:13

The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Proverbs 26:16

The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

Matthew 25:26

But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

Joshua 7:3

Then they came back to Joshua and said to him, Do not send all the people up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and make an attack on Ai; there is no need for all the people to be tired with the journey there, for it is only a small town.