Proverbs 21:25
Lazy people, who refuse to work, will die of hunger because they [SYN] do not earn money to buy food.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6You lazy individual, learn something from watching the ants. Become wise from observing what they do.
Proverbs 12:27Lazy people do not even cook the meat of the animals that they catch/kill, but those who work hard will acquire (OR, are like) a valuable treasure.
Proverbs 15:19Lazy people constantly have difficulties [MET]; it is as though they are walking through thorns; but those who are honest and hard-working will have few difficulties; it is as though they are walking on a level highway [MET].
Proverbs 20:4If a lazy man does not plow his fields at the right/proper time, he will look for crops at harvest time, but there will be nothing there.
Proverbs 24:30One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.
Proverbs 26:16Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer others’ questions with good sense.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:25
24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. See here the mischief of pride and haughtiness. 1. It exposes men to sin; it makes them passionate, and kindles in them the fire of proud wrath. They are continually dealing in it, as if it were their trade to be angry, and they had nothing so much to do as to barter passions and exchange bitter words. Most of the wrath that inflames the spirits and societies of men is proud wrath. Men cannot bear the least slight, nor in any thing to be crossed… Read the whole commentary →