24 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
Proverbs 19:24
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Proverbs 26:14–16
14 As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed. 15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. 16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
Sirach 31:13–15
13 Remember that a greedy eye is a wicked thing. What has been created more greedy than an eye? Therefore it sheds tears from every face. (WEB) 14 Don’t stretch your hand wherever it looks. Don’t thrust yourself with it into the dish. (WEB) 15 Consider your neighbor’s feelings by y… (WEB)
Ecclesiastes 4:4–6
4 I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind. 5 The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh. 6 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
Job 20:12–14
12 Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, 13 though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth, 14 yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
Proverbs 21:24–26
24 Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride. 25 The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work. 26 All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
Sirach 22:1–3
1 A slothful man is compared to a stone that is defiled. Everyone will hiss at him in his disgrace. (WEB) 2 A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill. Anyone who picks it up will shake it out of his hand. (WEB) 3 An undisciplined child is a disgrace to his father, an… (WEB)
Psalms 78:29–31
29 So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved. 30 Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths, 31 God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:11–13
11 Yes and some woodcutter might saw down a tree that is easily moved, skillfully strip away all its bark, and fashion it in attractive form, make a useful vessel to serve his life’s needs. (WEB) 12 Burning the scraps from his handiwork to cook his food, he eats his fill. (WEB) 13 … (WEB)
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