Proverbs 21:25

Proverbs Of Solomon

²⁴ The proud and arrogant person, named “Mocker,”
acts with excessive pride. ²⁵ A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.
²⁶ He is filled with craving all day long,
but the righteous give and don’t hold back.

Lazy Man

No

Proverbs 13:4

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

Proverbs 6:6-11

Go to the ant, you slacker!
Observe its ways and become wise.

Proverbs 12:24

The diligent hand will rule,
but laziness will lead to forced labor.

Proverbs 12:27

A lazy man doesn’t roast his game,
but to a diligent man, his wealth is precious.

Proverbs 15:19

A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge,
but the path of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 19:24

The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 20:4

The slacker does not plow during planting season;
at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.

Proverbs 22:13

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”

Proverbs 24:30-34

I went by the field of a slacker
and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense.

Proverbs 26:13

The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”

Proverbs 26:16

In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser
than seven men who can answer sensibly.

Matthew 25:26

“But his master replied to him, ‘You evil, lazy slave! If you knew that I reap where I haven’t sown and gather where I haven’t scattered,