Proverbs 26:14
As a door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
In Context
13The slothful saith, There is a leopard in the way: a lion is between the streets.
15Hath the slothful hidden his hand in the dish, it wearieth him to bring it back again to his mouth.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent will bear rule; but the indolent must become tributary.
Proverbs 24:33“A little [more] sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:14
The Disgrace of Slothfulness. 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. When a man talks foolishly we say, He talks idly; for none betray their folly more than those who are idle and go about to excuse themselves in their idleness. As men's folly makes them slothful, so their slothfulness makes them foolish. Observe, 1. What the slothful man really dreads. He dreads the way, the streets, the place where work is to be done and a journey to be gone; he hates business, hates… Read the whole commentary →