Ecclesiastes 4:5

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

Cross References

Job 13:14

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in mine hand?

Proverbs 11:17

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Proverbs 12:27

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: But the substance of a diligent man is precious.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 20:4

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

Proverbs 6:9

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Isaiah 9:20

And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: