Bible verse

Proverbs 26:14

As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.

Proverbs 26:14 · BSB

Proverbs 26:14 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 26.

10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13 The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”

14 As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.

15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,

Read all of Proverbs 26

Proverbs 26:14 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

As the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.

ERV

As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the sluggard upon his bed.

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