THEOSISProverbs 19:24Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.
טָ֘מַ֤ן עָצֵ֣ל יָ֭דוֹ בַּצַּלָּ֑חַת גַּם־אֶל־פִּ֝֗יהוּ לֹ֣א יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 15:19The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns: the way of the just is without offence.
- Prov 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- Prov 6:10Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:
- Prov 24:30I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man:
- Prov 24:34And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.
- Prov 26:13The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.
- Prov 26:16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.
- Prov 12:27The deceitful man shall not find gain: but the substance of a just man shall be precious gold.