Topic
Sluggard
6 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Proverbs 6:6ISBE
¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
- Proverbs 6:9ISBE
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- Proverbs 10:26ISBE
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
- Proverbs 13:4ISBE
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
- Proverbs 20:4ISBE
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Proverbs 26:16ISBE
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
slug'-ard: Found only in the Old Testament, and there only in Proverbs. It is the rendering given the word 'atsel everywhere in the Revised Version (British and American), but in the King James Version only in Pr 6:6,9; 10:26; 13:4; 20:4; 26:16 (elsewhere the King James Version translates by "slothful"). The root meaning of ['atsel] is "to be sluggish," "stupid." The English word "slug" is said to be "allied to slack" (Webster).
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 0 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (A very lazy person)
- → See IDLENESS
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.