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Proverbs 26:15
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
Proverbs 26:15 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 26:15 in other translations
The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
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In context
12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
14 As the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
15 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
17 He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
18 As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,
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