THEOSISProverbs 21:25Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Desires kill the slothful: for his hands have refused to work at all.
תַּאֲוַ֣ת עָצֵ֣ל תְּמִיתֶ֑נּוּ כִּֽי־מֵאֲנ֖וּ יָדָ֣יו לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 13:4The sluggard willeth, and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.
- Prov 12:24The hand of the valiant shall bear rule: but that which is slothful shall be under tribute.
- Prov 19:24The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.
- Prov 15:19The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns: the way of the just is without offence.
- Matt 25:26And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not and gather where I have not strewed.
- 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.
- Prov 20:4Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.