Proverbs 21:25

In 11 translations

BSB

The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.

KJV

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

WEB

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

ASV

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

LSV

The desire of the slothful slays him, || For his hands have refused to work.

YLT

The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.

DBY

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work:

DRC

Desires kill the slothful: for his hands have refused to work at all.

GNV

The desire of the slouthfull slayeth him: for his hands refuse to worke.

JPS

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

LXXE

Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything.

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Original-language editions

WLC

תַּאֲוַ֣ת עָצֵ֣ל תְּמִיתֶ֑נּוּ כִּֽי־מֵאֲנ֖וּ יָדָ֣יו לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃

LXX-Br

Ἐπιθυμίαι ὀκνηρὸν ἀποκτείνουσιν, οὐ γὰρ προαιροῦνται αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν τι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
• Matthew 25:26‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
• Proverbs 19:24The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
• Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
• Proverbs 26:16The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
• Proverbs 12:27A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.
• Proverbs 15:19The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
• Proverbs 24:30–34I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. I observed and took it to heart; I…
• Proverbs 22:13The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
• Proverbs 26:13The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
• Proverbs 20:4The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
• Proverbs 6:6–11Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie…

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