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Proverbs 26:15

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

Verse in context — Proverbs 26

13

The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.

14

[As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.

15

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

16

The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

17

He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.

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