Thematic Bible
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Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Difficulties of the undertaking
The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.
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Idleness and sloth » False excuses for
The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.
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Laziness » Lazy people
The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.
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The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.
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The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.
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He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.
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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 of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it 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 thy poverty shall 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 thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. There is he who covets greedily all the day long, but the righteous gives and does not withhold.
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The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. The door turns upon its hinges, so does the sluggard upon his bed. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. It wearies him to bring it again to his mouth. read more.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can render a reason.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who 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 I will devour them like a lioness. The wild beast shall tear them.
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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 he who is chosen, him I will appoint over it. For who is like me, and who will app
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The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.
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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 he who is chosen, him I will appoint over it. For who is like me, and who
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The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed thereby.
lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
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The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled, and they have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of imaginary fears of the slothful
The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.
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The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
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