Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Difficulties of the undertaking
I will be killed in the streets!”
Idleness and sloth » False excuses for
So he
I will be killed in the streets!”
Laziness » Lazy people
So he
But the soul of the diligent is made fat.
And an idle
But the
I will be killed in the streets!”
But the path of the upright is a highway.
I passed by the field of the sluggard And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense, And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down. When I saw, I reflected upon it; I looked, and received instruction. read more.
"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest," Then your poverty will come as a robber And your want like an armed man.
"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest," Then your poverty will come as a robber And your want like an armed man.
Poor is he who works with a negligent hand, But the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely, But he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully.
The desire of the sluggard puts him to death, For his hands refuse to work; All day long he is craving, While the righteous gives and does not hold back.
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion is in the open square!" As the door turns on its hinges, So does the sluggard on his bed. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again. read more.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.
Lions » Fierceness of
And I will tear open
There I will also
As a wild beast would tear them.
I will be killed in the streets!”
“Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make them run away from it, and whoever is chosen I will appoint over it. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand before Me?”
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.
They have
And they have
His cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant.
Lions » Illustrative » Of imaginary fears of the slothful
I will be killed in the streets!”
A lion is