Proverbs 21:25

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Proverbs 12:24

The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will become a slave.

Proverbs 12:27

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

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

Proverbs 15:19

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

Proverbs 19:24

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

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”

Proverbs 26:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”

Proverbs 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation than seven people who respond with good sense.

Matthew 25:26

But his master answered, ‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?

Joshua 7:3

They returned and reported to Joshua, “Don’t send the whole army. About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.”