Proverbs 21:25

Tree of Life Version

A slacker’s craving will kill him, because his hands refuse to work.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will become forced labor.

Proverbs 12:27

A lazy person does not roast his game, but a diligent person prizes his possessions.

Proverbs 13:4

The slacker’s soul craves, yet has nothing, but the diligent soul will be satisfied.

Proverbs 15:19

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

Proverbs 19:24

The slacker buries his hand in a bowl and will not even bring it back to his mouth!

Proverbs 20:4

A slacker will not plow in season, so at harvest he looks but finds nothing.

Proverbs 22:13

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the streets.”

Proverbs 26:13

A slacker says, “There’s a lion on the road! A lion is in the streets!”

Proverbs 26:16

A slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer sensibly.

Matthew 25:26

“But his master responded, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow and gather where I scattered no seed?

Joshua 7:3

When they returned to Joshua, they reported to him: “Let not all the people go up—only about two or three thousand men need go up and strike Ai, so don’t wear out all the people there, for they are just a few.”