Proverbs 26:14
הַדֶּלֶת תִּסּוֹב עַל ־ צִירָהּ וְעָצֵל עַל ־ מִטָּתֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
In Context
13אָמַר עָצֵל שַׁחַל בַּדָּרֶךְ אֲרִי בֵּין הָרְחֹבֽוֹת ׃
15טָמַן עָצֵל יָדוֹ בַּצַּלָּחַת נִלְאָה לַֽהֲשִׁיבָהּ אֶל ־ פִּֽיו ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 12:24יַד ־ חָרוּצִים תִּמְשׁוֹל וּרְמִיָּה תִּהְיֶה לָמַֽס ׃
Proverbs 24:33מְעַט שֵׁנוֹת מְעַט תְּנוּמוֹת מְעַט ׀ חִבֻּק יָדַיִם לִשְׁכָּֽב ׃
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 →