Jul 30, 2014

Proverbs on Work and Laziness-Part 2

Yesterday, I started a three-part series on proverbs related to work and laziness.

Proverbs Solely on Laziness

Verse(s)
Text (NASB)
Type
Parallelism
6:6-11
6 Go to the ant, O sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise,
7 Which, having no chief,
Officer or ruler,
8 Prepares her food in the summer,
And gathers her provision in the harvest.
9 How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10 "A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest"--
11 And your poverty will come in like a vagabond,
And your need like an armed man.
Admonition
Comparative Antithetic
18:9
He also who is slack in his work
Is brother to him who destroys.
Didactic
Synthetic
19:15
Laziness casts into a deep sleep,
And an idle man will suffer hunger.
Didactic
Synthetic
19:24
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,
And will not even bring it back to his mouth.
Didactic
Synthetic
20:4
The sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.
Didactic
Synthetic
21:17
He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
Didactic
Synthetic
22:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside;
I shall be slain in the streets!"
Didactic
Synthetic
24:30-34
30 I passed by the field of the sluggard,
And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense;
31 And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles,
Its surface was covered with nettles,
And its stone wall was broken down.
32 When I saw, I reflected upon it;
I looked, and received instruction.
33 "A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest,"
34 Then your poverty will come as a robber,
And your want like an armed man.
Example Story
Synthetic
26:13-16
13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square!"
14 As the door turns on its hinges,
So does the sluggard on his bed.
15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.
Didactic
Synthetic

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