Proverbs 21:25

Conservative English Version

If you want too much and are too lazy to work, it could be fatal.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:24

Work hard, and you will be a leader; be lazy, and you will end up a slave.

Proverbs 12:27

Anyone too lazy to cook will starve, but a hard worker is a valuable treasure.

Proverbs 13:4

No matter how much you want, laziness won't help a bit, but hard work will reward you with more than enough.

Proverbs 15:19

Being lazy is like walking in a thorn patch, but everyone who does right walks on a smooth road.

Proverbs 19:24

Some people are too lazy to lift a hand to feed themselves.

Proverbs 20:4

If you are too lazy to plow, don't expect a harvest.

Proverbs 22:13

Don't be so lazy that you say, "If I go to work, a lion will eat me!"

Proverbs 26:13

Don't be lazy and keep saying, "There's a lion outside!"

Proverbs 26:16

A lazy person says, "I am smarter than everyone else."

Matthew 25:26

The master of the servant told him, "You are lazy and good-for-nothing! You know that I harvest what I don't plant and gather crops where I haven't scattered seed.

Joshua 7:3

They went back to Joshua and reported, "You don't need to send the whole army to attack Ai--two or three thousand troops will be enough. Why bother the whole army for a town that small?"