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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.
ρ
or, winter.
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Prov. 19:15• 15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an 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 becometh poor 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 an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
 24A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. (Prov. 19:15,24)
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Prov. 26:13‑16• 13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
 14As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
 15The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
 16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. (Prov. 26:13‑16)
cold.
or, winter.
therefore.
Prov. 6:10‑11• 10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
 11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. (Prov. 6:10‑11)
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Prov. 19:15• 15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. (Prov. 19:15)
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Prov. 24:34• 34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. (Prov. 24:34)
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Matt. 25:3‑10,24‑28• 3They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
 4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
 5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
 6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
 7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
 8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
 9But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
 10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
 24Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
 25And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
 26His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
 27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
 28Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. (Matt. 25:3‑10,24‑28)
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2 Peter 1:5‑11• 5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
 6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
 7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
 8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
 10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
 11For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (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.