Proverbs 19:24
Good News Translation
Some people are too lazy to put food in their own mouths.

New Revised Standard Version
The lazy person buries a hand in the dish, and will not even bring it back to the mouth.

Contemporary English Version
Some people are too lazy to lift a hand to feed themselves.

New American Bible
The sluggard buries a hand in the dish; not even lifting it to the mouth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.

Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 6:9,10 Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep: . . .

Proverbs 12:27 The deceitful man shall not find gain: but the substance of a just man shall be precious gold.

Proverbs 15:19 The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns: the way of the just is without offence.

Proverbs 24:30-34 I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man: . . .

Proverbs 26:13-16 The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads. . . .

Psalm 74:11 Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?

Context
The Man of Integrity
23The fear of the Lord is unto life: and he shall abide in the fulness without being visited with evil. 24The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.25The wicked man being scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if thou rebuke a wise man, he will understand discipline.…
Cross References
Matthew 26:23
But he answering said: He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, he shall betray me.

Mark 14:20
Who saith to them: One of the twelve, who dippeth with me his hand in the dish.

Proverbs 26:15
The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth.

Proverbs 19:23
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