Proverbs 19:24

New English Translation

The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

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Why do you remain inactive? Intervene and destroy him!

The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.

He answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.

He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl.