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Proverbs 21:25 KJV

Proverbs · chapter 21 · verse 25

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.Proverbs 21:25 · King James Version

Proverbs 21:25 in context

23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

24Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

27The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

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Commentary

Here we have, 1. The miseries of the slothful, whose hands refuse to labour in an honest calling, by which they might get an honest livelihood. They are as fit for labour as other men, and business offers itself, to which they might lay their hands and apply their minds, but they will not;

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-26

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