Proverbs 21:25

The Passion Translation

Taking the easy way out is the habit of a lazy man, and it will be his downfall. All day long he thinks about all the things that he craves, for he hasn’t learned the secret that the generous man has learned: extravagant giving never leads to poverty.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:24

If you want to reign in life, don’t sit on your hands. Instead, work hard at doing what’s right, for the slacker will end up working to make someone else succeed.

Proverbs 12:27

A passive person won’t even complete a project, but a passionate person makes good use of his time, wealth, and energy.

Proverbs 13:4

The slacker wants it all and ends up with nothing, but the hard worker ends up with all that he longed for.

Proverbs 15:19

Nothing seems to work right for the lazy man, but life seems smooth and easy when your heart is virtuous.

Proverbs 19:24

There are some people who pretend they’re hurt— deadbeats who won’t even work to feed themselves.

Proverbs 20:4

If you’re too lazy to plant seed, it’s too bad when you have no harvest on which to feed.

Proverbs 22:13

A slacker always has an excuse for not working— like “I can’t go to work. There’s a lion outside! And murderers too!”

Proverbs 26:13

The lazy loafer says, “I can’t go out and look for a job— there may be a lion out there roaming wild in the streets!”

Proverbs 26:16

A self-righteous person is convinced he’s smarter than seven wise counselors who tell him the truth.

Matthew 25:26

“But his master said to him, ‘You’re an untrustworthy and lazy servant! If you knew I was a shrewd and ruthless business man who always makes a profit, why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank?

Joshua 7:3

When they returned to Joshua, they reported to him, “There is no need to trouble the whole army to conquer Ai. The people are so few that two or three thousand men could attack it and take the city.”