Proverbs 26:14

A door continually swings back and forth on its hinges and does not go anywhere; similarly [SIM], lazy people just continually turn over in their beds and never do anything.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

In Context

13Lazy people just stay inside their houses and do nothing; they keep saying “ I think there is a lion in the street!”

15Some people are extremely lazy; they put their hand in a dish to get some food but do not even lift the food up to their mouths.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:24Those [SYN] who work hard become rulers of others; those who are lazy become slaves of others.

Proverbs 24:33If you spend a lot of time sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest,

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 →

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