Popular Bible Verses about Sluggard

Found 12 Verses

Proverbs 6:6

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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! NIV

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise!--[Job 12:7.] AMP

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: KJV

Proverbs 6:9

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How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? NIV

How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? [Prov. 24:33, 34.] AMP

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? KJV

Proverbs 24:30

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I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense NIV

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding AMP

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; KJV

Proverbs 19:24

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Sluggards bury their hands in the dish and will not even bring them back to their mouths! NIV

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. AMP

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. KJV

Proverbs 10:26

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As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are sluggards to those who send them. NIV

As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who employ and send him. AMP

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. KJV

Proverbs 15:19

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The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway. NIV

The way of the sluggard is overgrown with thorns [it pricks, lacerates, and entangles him], but the way of the righteous is plain and raised like a highway. AMP

The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. KJV

Proverbs 13:4

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A sluggard's appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. NIV

The appetite of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is abundantly supplied. [Prov. 10:4.] AMP

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. KJV

Proverbs 20:4

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Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing. NIV

The sluggard does not plow when winter sets in; therefore he begs in harvest and has nothing. AMP

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. KJV

Proverbs 22:13

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The sluggard says, "There's a lion outside! I'll be killed in the public square!" NIV

The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets! AMP

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. KJV

Proverbs 26:13

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A sluggard says, "There's a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!" NIV

The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way! A lion is in the streets! [Prov. 22:13.] AMP

The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. KJV