Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Difficulties of the undertaking
A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"
Idleness and sloth » False excuses for
The lazy person will not plow in season; he will expect at the harvest, but there [will be] nothing.
A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"
Laziness » Lazy people
The lazy person will not plow in season; he will expect at the harvest, but there [will be] nothing.
The soul of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.
The hand of the diligent ones will rule, but the lazy will belong to forced labor.
A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"
The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright [is] a highway.
Even he who is slack in his work, he is brother to a master of destruction.
I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking {sense}; and behold, it was overgrown--all of it was covered [with] thorns, its surface with nettles, and {its stone wall} was broken down. Then I myself saw and my heart considered; I looked, and I took hold of instruction: read more.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest, and your poverty will come running, and your lack like an armed warrior.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest, and your poverty will come running, and your lack like an armed warrior.
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches. He who gathers in the summer [is] a child who is prudent; he who sleeps at the harvest [is] a child who brings shame.
The craving of a lazy person will kill him, for his hands refuse to work. {All day} he craves a craving, but the righteous will give and not hold back.
A lazy person says "A lion [is] in the road! A lion among the streets!" The door turns on its hinge, and a lazy person on his bed. A lazy person buries his hands in the dish; he is [too] tired to return it to his mouth. read more.
A lazy person is wiser in his eyes than seven who answer discreetly.
A lazy person is wiser in his eyes than seven who answer discreetly.
Lions » Fierceness of
I will attack them like a bear robbed of her offspring, and I will tear open the covering of their heart; there I will devour them like a lion, like an animal of the field would mutilate them.
Look, like a lion he comes up from the thickets of the Jordan to {a pastureland by a constantly flowing stream}. So {I will chase him away hurriedly} from it. And whoever [is] chosen I will appoint over it. For who [is] like me, and who can summon me? And who [is] this, [the] shepherd who can stand {before me}?"
A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"
Look, like a lion he comes up from the thickets of the Jordan against {a pastureland by a constantly flowing stream}, so {I will chase them away quickly} from her, and I will appoint whoever [is] chosen over her. For who [is] like me, and who can summon me, and who [is] this shepherd who can stand {before me}?
[The] roar of [the] lion and [the] voice of a lion in its prime, and [the] teeth of [the] young lions are broken.
{Proud wild animals} have not trodden it; [the] lion in its prime has not prowled over it.
Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with none [to] deliver.
[The] young lions have roared against him, they have {raised} their voices. And they have made his land as horror; his cities are destroyed, {without} an inhabitant.
Lions » Illustrative » Of imaginary fears of the slothful
A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"
A lazy person says "A lion [is] in the road! A lion among the streets!"