Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Difficulties of the undertaking
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
Idleness and sloth » False excuses for
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
Laziness » Lazy people
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction: read more.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; But he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor. There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets. As the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed. The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth. read more.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
Lions » Fierceness of
I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
Behold, the enemy'shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that can stand before me?
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.
Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
Lions » Illustrative » Of imaginary fears of the slothful
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.