Ecclesiastes 4:5

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

The foolish one folded his hands together, and ate his flesh.

Cross References

Isaiah 9:20

And he shall cut upon the right hand, and hungering; and he shall eat upon the left, and they were not satisfied: they shall eat a man the flesh of his arm.

Proverbs 20:4

The slothful one reproaching will not work: he shall ask in harvest, and nothing.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the slothful one desiring, and nothing: and the soul of the active shall be made fat

Job 13:14

For what shall I lift up my flesh in my teeth, and shall I put my soul in my hand?

Proverbs 12:27

The slothful one shall not ensnare his hunting: and the substance of the active man is precious.

Proverbs 11:17

The man of mercy benefited his soul: and the cruel troubled his flesh.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of the wise one's mouth, grace; and the lips of the foolish one shall swallow him down.

Proverbs 6:9

How long, O slothful one, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou rise from thy sleep?