Proverbs 21:25

Proverbs Of Solomon

²⁴ “Proud,” “Haughty,” “Scoffer,” are his names,
Who acts with insolent pride.
²⁵ The desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work;
²⁶ All day long he is craving,
While the righteous gives and does not hold back.

Lazy Man

No

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Proverbs 6:6-11

Go to the ant, O sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise,

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the slack hand will be put to forced labor.

Proverbs 12:27

A lazy man does not roast his prey,
But the precious possession of a man is diligence.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns,
But the path of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,
But will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside;
I will be killed in the streets!”

Proverbs 24:30-34

I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,

Proverbs 26:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square!”

Proverbs 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.

Matthew 25:26

“But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.