Ecclesiastes 4:5

New American Bible - revised edition

“Fools fold their arms and consume their own flesh”—

Cross References

Job 13:14

I will carry my flesh between my teeth, and take my life in my hand.

Proverbs 11:17

Kindly people benefit themselves, but the merciless harm themselves.

Proverbs 12:27

Sloth does not catch its prey, but the wealth of the diligent is splendid.

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the sluggard craves but has nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is amply satisfied.

Proverbs 20:4

In seedtime sluggards do not plow; when they look for the harvest, it is not there.

Proverbs 6:9

How long, O sluggard, will you lie there? when will you rise from your sleep?

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Words from the mouth of the wise win favor, but the lips of fools consume them.

Isaiah 9:20

Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh, together they turn on Judah. For all this, his wrath is not turned back, his hand is still outstretched!