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Proverbs 20

Prov. 20:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The sluggard
`atsel (Hebrew #6102)
indolent
KJV usage: slothful, sluggard.
Pronounce: aw-tsale'
Origin: from 6101
will not plow
charash (Hebrew #2790)
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV usage: X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Pronounce: khaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
by reason of the ρcold
choreph (Hebrew #2779)
properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season; figuratively, ripeness of age
KJV usage: cold, winter (-house), youth.
Pronounce: kho'-ref
Origin: from 2778
; thereforev shall he beg
sha'al (Hebrew #7592)
a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Pronounce: shaw-al'
Origin: or shael {shaw-ale'}
sha'al (Hebrew #7592)
a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Pronounce: shaw-al'
Origin: or shael {shaw-ale'}
in harvest
qatsiyr (Hebrew #7105)
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
KJV usage: bough, branch, harvest (man).
Pronounce: kaw-tseer'
Origin: from 7114
, and have nothing.
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or, winter.
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Prov. 19:15• 15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger. (Prov. 19:15)

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Harvest,
To Plough; To Plow

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Ministry on This Verse

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sluggard.
Prov. 10:4• 4He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. (Prov. 10:4)
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Prov. 19:15,24• 15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
 24A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again. (Prov. 19:15,24)
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Prov. 26:13‑16• 13The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!
 14As the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.
 15The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish: it wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
 16A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that answer discreetly. (Prov. 26:13‑16)
cold.
or, winter.
therefore.
Prov. 6:10‑11• 10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
 11So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man. (Prov. 6:10‑11)
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Prov. 19:15• 15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger. (Prov. 19:15)
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Prov. 24:34• 34So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man. (Prov. 24:34)
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Matt. 25:3‑10,24‑28• 3They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them;
 4but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches.
 5Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept.
 6But in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.
 7Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their torches.
 8And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out.
 9But the prudent answered saying, We cannot, lest it might not suffice for us and for you. Go rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves.
 10But as they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and the ones that were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.
 24And he also that had received the one talent coming to him said, My lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where thou hadst not scattered,
 25and being afraid I went away and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast that which is thine.
 26And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered;
 27thou oughtest then to have put my money to the money-changers, and when I came I should have got what is mine with interest.
 28Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that has the ten talents: (Matt. 25:3‑10,24‑28)
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2 Peter 1:5‑11• 5But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,
 6in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
 7in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:
 8for these things existing and abounding in you make you to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;
 9for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins.
 10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;
 11for thus shall the entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ be richly furnished unto you. (2 Peter 1:5‑11)
• Ready upon any pretext to abandon his labor, the sluggard neglects the cultivation of his fields when others are at work. (“Proverbs Twenty” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.