Thematic Bible
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Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Difficulties of the undertaking
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
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Idleness and sloth » False excuses for
The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
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Laziness » Lazy people
The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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Slothfulness casteth 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 hand shall be under tribute.
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The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed 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 plain.
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He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.
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I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding; and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction: read more.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest! So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest! So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work: He coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
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The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets! As the door turneth upon its hinges, so 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.
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that answer discreetly.
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that answer discreetly.
Lions » Fierceness of
I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them.
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Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will make them suddenly run away from it; and who is a chosen man whom I shall appoint over her? For who is like me? and who will assign me a time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
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The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
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Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will make him suddenly run away from it; and who is a chosen man whom I may appoint over her? For who is like me? and who will assign me a time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
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The roar 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 the fierce lion passed over it.
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.
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The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of imaginary fears of the slothful
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
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The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!
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