Proverbs 19:15,24 - Compare All Versions

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Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.

A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry.

Lazy people take food in their hand but don’t even lift it to their mouth.

Laziness induces deep sleep, and a lazy person will go hungry.

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

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.

A lazy man buries his hand in the bowl, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Life collapses on loafers; lazybones go hungry.

Some people dig a fork into the pie but are too lazy to raise it to their mouth.

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And a lazy person will suffer hunger.

The lazy one buries his hand in the dish, But will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep [unmindful of lost opportunity], And the idle person will suffer hunger.

The lazy man buries his hand in the [food] dish, But will not even bring it to his mouth again.

Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!