Lazy People – What Proverbs says about them

• Lazy people are soon poor: hard workers get rich Pr. 10:4
• Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry Pr. 19:15
• Lazy people consider themselves smarter than seven wise counselors Pr. 26:16
• Lazy people irritate their employers, like vinegar to the teeth or smoke in the eyes Pr. 10:26
• Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and become a slave Pr. 12:24
• Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper Pr. 13:4
• A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things Pr. 18:9
• Lazy people take food in their hand but don’t even lift it to their mouth Pr.26:15
• Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch, but the diligent make use of everything they find Pr. 12:27
• The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion out there! If I go outside, I might be killed!” Pr. 22:13
• As a door swings back and forth on its hinges, so the lazy person turns over in bed Pr. 26:14