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Proverbs 26:15

Proverbs 26:15 is verse 15 of Proverbs chapter 26, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

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

Proverbs 26:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

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.

17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 19:24
The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.