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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 killed in the streets!"
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Idleness and sloth » False excuses for
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
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The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"
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Laziness » Lazy people
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
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The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
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Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
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The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
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The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"
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The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
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Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.
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I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. read more.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
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The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!" As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth. read more.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.
Lions » Fierceness of
I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear open their breast, and there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild beast would rip them open.
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Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
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The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"
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"Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
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The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions are broken.
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The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it.
lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
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The lions have roared against him; they have roared loudly. They have made his land a waste; his cities are in ruins, 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 killed in the streets!"
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The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"
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