Proverbs 26:14

As the door turns on its hinges, 1 so is the lazy person upon his bed. 1

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

13The lazy person says, “There is a lion on the road! 1 There is a lion between the open places!” 1

15The lazy person puts his hand into the dish 1 and yet he has no strength to lift it up to his mouth. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent will rule, 1 but lazy people will be put to forced labor. 1

Proverbs 24:33A little sleep, a little slumber, 1 a little folding of the hands to rest— 1

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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