Proverbs 21:25 Cross References - MSB

²⁵ The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.

⁶ Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. ⁷ Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, ⁸ it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. ⁹ How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? ¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, ¹¹ and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

²⁴ The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

²⁷ A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.

⁴ The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

¹⁹ The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

²⁴ The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.

⁴ The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

¹³ The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

³⁰ I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. ³¹ Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. ³² I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction: ³³ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, ³⁴ and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

¹³ The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”

¹⁶ The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

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.