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Proverbs 26:15
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
Proverbs 26:15 · World English Bible
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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 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
17 Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
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