Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Laziness » Lazy people
The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.
The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will become a slave.
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!"
The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.
The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom. I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down. When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw: read more.
"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber."
"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber."
The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy. The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a son who brings shame to himself.
What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands refuse to work. All day long he craves greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!" Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed. The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. read more.
The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation than seven people who respond with good sense.
The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation than seven people who respond with good sense.
Lions » Illustrative » Of imaginary fears of the slothful
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!"
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!"