Proverbs 24:30

³⁰ I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.

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Proverbs 7:6–8

⁶ For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice. ⁷ I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment, ⁸ crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,

Proverbs 20:3–5

³ It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel. ⁴ The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there. ⁵ The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

Proverbs 18:8–10

⁸ The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being. ⁹ Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys. ¹⁰ The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

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.

Ecclesiastes 10:14–16

¹⁴ Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him? ¹⁵ The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city. ¹⁶ Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

Proverbs 15:18–20

¹⁸ A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute. ¹⁹ The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway. ²⁰ A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 22:12–14

¹² The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless. ¹³ The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!” ¹⁴ The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into…

Proverbs 26:12–14

¹² Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. ¹³ The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!” ¹⁴ As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.

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