Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Difficulties of the undertaking
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
Idleness and sloth » False excuses for
at harvest time he looks,
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
Laziness » Lazy people
at harvest time he looks,
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
I went by the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense. Thistles had come up everywhere, weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was ruined. I saw, and took it to heart; I looked, and received instruction: read more.
a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest, and your poverty will come like a robber, your need, like a bandit.
a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest, and your poverty will come like a robber, your need, like a bandit.
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring riches. The son who gathers during summer is prudent; the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful.
A slacker's craving will kill him because his hands refuse to work. He is filled with craving all day long, but the righteous give and don't hold back.
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The slacker says, "There's a lion in the road- a lion in the public square!" A door turns on its hinge, and a slacker, on his bed. The slacker buries his hand in the bowl; he is too weary to bring it to his mouth. read more.
In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser than seven men who can answer sensibly.
In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser than seven men who can answer sensibly.
Lions » Fierceness of
like a bear robbed of her cubs
and tear open the rib cage over their hearts.
I will devour them there like a lioness,
like a wild beast that would rip them open.
“Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. Indeed, I will chase Edom away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like Me? Who will summon Me? Who is the shepherd who can stand against Me?”
Verse Concepts
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
“Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. Indeed, I will chase Babylon away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like Me? Who will summon Me? Who is the shepherd who can stand against Me?”
but the fangs of young lions are broken.
no lion has ever prowled over it.
they have roared loudly.
They have laid waste his land.
His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants.
Lions » Illustrative » Of imaginary fears of the slothful
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
a lion in the public square!”