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Proverbs · Chapter 26

Proverbs 26:15

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

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Before · Proverbs 26:13–14

13The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!” 14As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

After · Proverbs 26:16–17

16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion. 17Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

Read all of Proverbs 26 (28 verses)

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