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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 6:6-11; Proverbs 10:4-5; Proverbs 10:26; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 12:27; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 14:4; Proverbs 14:23; Proverbs 15:19; Proverbs 16:26; Proverbs 18:9; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 19:24; Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 20:13; Proverbs 21:17; Proverbs 21:25-26; Proverbs 22:29; Proverbs 24:27; Proverbs 24:30-34; Proverbs 26:14; Proverbs 27:18; Proverbs 27:23-27; Proverbs 28:19
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39 verses • Page 1 of 2
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
Proverbs 6:6
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
Proverbs 6:7
- Variant Count: 1 (11%)
It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:8
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
Proverbs 6:9
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-
Proverbs 6:10
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.
Proverbs 6:11
- Variant Count: 2 (12%)
and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Proverbs 10:4
- Variant Count: 3 (27%)
Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
Proverbs 10:5
- Variant Count: 2 (9%)
He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to those who send him.
Proverbs 10:26
- Variant Count: 4 (21%)
As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are sluggards to those who send them.
He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment.
Proverbs 12:11
- Variant Count: 8 (44%)
Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.
Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
Proverbs 12:24
- Variant Count: 2 (18%)
Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
The lazy man does not roast his game, but the diligent man prizes his possessions.
Proverbs 12:27
- Variant Count: 8 (44%)
The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
Proverbs 13:4
- Variant Count: 7 (43%)
A sluggard's appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox comes an abundant harvest.
Proverbs 14:4
- Variant Count: 3 (15%)
Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.
All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Proverbs 15:19
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
The laborer's appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on.
Proverbs 16:26
- Variant Count: 6 (46%)
The appetite of laborers works for them; their hunger drives them on.
One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.
Proverbs 18:9
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry.
Proverbs 19:15
- Variant Count: 2 (18%)
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
Proverbs 19:24
- Variant Count: 2 (10%)
A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.
Proverbs 20:4
- Variant Count: 6 (37%)
Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.
Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.
Proverbs 20:13
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.
He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich.
Proverbs 21:17
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.
The sluggard's craving will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 21:25
- Variant Count: 3 (16%)
The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.
All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.
Proverbs 21:26
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.
Proverbs 22:29
- Variant Count: 13 (48%)
Saying 6 Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.
Finish your outdoor work and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.
Proverbs 24:27
- Variant Count: 4 (23%)
Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.
I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;
Proverbs 24:30
- Variant Count: 6 (33%)
I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
Proverbs 24:31
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:
Proverbs 24:32
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-
Proverbs 24:33
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.
Proverbs 24:34
- Variant Count: 2 (12%)
and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
Proverbs 26:14
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
Proverbs 27:18
- Variant Count: 7 (35%)
The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.
Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
Proverbs 27:23
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
Proverbs 27:24
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
Proverbs 27:25
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
Proverbs 27:26
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed you and your family and to nourish your servant girls.
Proverbs 27:27
- Variant Count: 3 (16%)
You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants.
He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
Proverbs 28:19
- Variant Count: 7 (33%)
Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.
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