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Proverbs 26:15

American Standard Version

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

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Proverbs 26:15 in other translations

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

Proverbs 26:15 · World English Bible

Proverbs 26:15 in context

  1. 13The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
  2. 14As the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
  3. 15The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
  4. 16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
  5. 17He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.