Proverbs 21:25

New Messianic Version Bible

The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires, and [has] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Matthew 25:26

“His Adon [Lord - Kurios of the earth] answered and said: ‘Wicked and lazy slave, since you know that I reap what I did not sow and gather what I did not scatter’,

Proverbs 26:16

The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

Proverbs 19:24

A slothful [man] hides his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.

Proverbs 12:27

The slothful [man] roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

Proverbs 20:4

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

Proverbs 26:13

The slothful [man] says, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.

Proverbs 22:13

The slothful [man] says, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Joshua 7:3

And they returned to Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation], and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike ‘Ai [Heap of Ruins]; [and] make not all the people to labour there; for they [are but] few.