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Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Difficulties of the undertaking
Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.
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Idleness and sloth » False excuses for
By reason of the autumn, a sluggard will not plough, therefore shall he beg in harvest, and there be nothing.
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Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.
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Laziness » Lazy people
By reason of the autumn, a sluggard will not plough, therefore shall he beg in harvest, and there be nothing.
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The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.
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Sloth, falleth into a deep sleep, and, a soul that is indolent, shall famish.
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The hand of the diligent, shall hear rule, but, the indolent, shall come under tribute.
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Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.
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The way of the sluggard, is like a thorn hedge, but, the path of the upright, is a raised road.
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Surely he that is slothful in his work, brother, is he to a master at laying waste.
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By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense; And lo! there had come up all over it - thorns, there had covered the face thereof - thistles, and, the stone fence thereof, had been thrown down. So I observed it, for myself, I applied my heart, I looked - I accepted correction: read more.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:
He becometh poor, who dealeth with a slack hand, but, the hand of the diligent, maketh rich. He that gathereth in summer, is a prudent son, he that sleepeth long in harvest, is a son causing shame.
The craving of the sluggard, killeth him, for his hands have refused to work. All the day, he greatly craveth, whereas, the righteous, giveth, and doth not spare.
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Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways. The door, turneth on its hinges, and, the sluggard, upon his bed. The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. read more.
Wiser is the sluggard in his own eyes, than, seven persons, who can answer with judgment.
Wiser is the sluggard in his own eyes, than, seven persons, who can answer with judgment.
Lions » Fierceness of
I will fall upon them as a bear bereaved, and will read asunder the enclosure of their heart, - that I may devour them there, like a lioness, the wild beast of the field, shall tear them in pieces.
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Lo! like a lion, will he come up from the majesty of the Jordan, unto the pasture perennial, But I will wink - I will make him run away therefrom, Who then shall be the Chosen One whom over it, I may set in charge? For who shall be like unto, me? And who shall appoint me, a time? And who is the Shepherd that shall stand before, me?
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Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.
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Lo! as a lion, shall he come up from the majesty of the Jordan, Unto the pasture perennial, But I will wink - I will make them run away therefrom, Who then shall be the Chosen One whom against it, I may set in charge? For who shall be like unto, me? And who shall appoint me, a time? And who is the Shepherd that shall stand before me?
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Notwithstanding the roaring of the lion, and the noise of the howling lion, yet, the teeth of the fierce lions, are broken:
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Ravenous beasts have not made a track thereof, neither hath the lion marched thereon:
Lest one tear, as a lion, my soul, - and there be no deliverer to rescue.
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Against him, have been roaring wild lions, They have uttered their voice, - and have made his land a desolation, His cities, have been burned, so as to have no inhabitant.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of imaginary fears of the slothful
Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.
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Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways.
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