Proverbs 19:24

The Message

Some people dig a fork into the pie but are too lazy to raise it to their mouth.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:19

The path of lazy people is overgrown with briers; the diligent walk down a smooth road.

Proverbs 19:15

Life collapses on loafers; lazybones go hungry.

Proverbs 12:27

A lazy life is an empty life, but “early to rise” gets the job done.

Mark 14:20

He said, “It’s one of the Twelve, one who eats with me out of the same bowl. In one sense, it turns out that the Son of Man is entering into a way of treachery well-marked by the Scriptures—no surprises here. In another sense, the man who turns him in, turns traitor to the Son of Man—better never to have been born than do this!”

Matthew 26:23

Jesus answered, “The one who hands me over is someone I eat with daily, one who passes me food at the table. In one sense the Son of Man is entering into a way of treachery well-marked by the Scriptures—no surprises here. In another sense that man who turns him in, turns traitor to the Son of Man—better never to have been born than do this!”

Proverbs 21:25

Lazy people finally die of hunger because they won’t get up and go to work.