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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;{HR}And the idle soul shall suffer hunger. (Prov. 19:15)

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Harvest,
To Plough; To Plow

Cross References

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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;{HR}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;{HR}And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
 24A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish,{HR}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, A lion in the way;{HR}A lion in the streets
 14The door turneth on its hinges,{HR}So the sluggard on his bed.
 15The sluggard burieth his hand in [a] dish;{HR}It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
 16The sluggard [is] wiser in his own eyes{HR}Than seven that answer discreetly. (Prov. 26:13‑16)
cold.
or, winter.
therefore.
Prov. 6:10‑11• 10A little sleep, a little slumber,{HR}A little folding of the hands to lie down!
 11So shall thy poverty come as a rover,{HR}And thy want as an armed man. (Prov. 6:10‑11)
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Prov. 19:15• 15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;{HR}And the idle soul shall suffer hunger. (Prov. 19:15)
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Prov. 24:34• 34So shall thy poverty come, [as] a robber;{HR}And thy want as a man in armour. (Prov. 24:34)
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Matt. 25:3‑10,24‑28• 3For the foolish took their torches and took no oil with them;
 4but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches.
 5Now, the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept.
 6But at midnight a cry was made, Behold, the bridegroom! go ye 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, Peradventure there be not enough for us and you. Go rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves.
 10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feast; and the door was shut.
 24And he also that had received the one talent came forward and said, Lord, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering whence thou didst not scatter;
 25and being afraid I went off, and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast that which is thine.
 26But his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather whence I scattered not.
 27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have got mine own with interest.
 28Take away therefore the talent from him, and give [it] to him that hath the ten talents. (Matt. 25:3‑10,24‑28)
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2 Peter 1:5‑11• 5But for this very thing also, bringing in besides all diligence, in your faith supply virtue, and in virtue knowledge,
 6and in knowledge temperance, and in temperance endurance, and in endurance godliness,
 7and in godliness brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection love:
 8For these things being in you and abounding make [you] not idle nor unfruitful for the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ:
 9for he with whom they are not present is blind, shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his old sins.
 10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure; for in doing these things ye shall never stumble.
 11For thus shall be richly furnished to you the entrance 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter:{HR}In harvest shall he beg and have nothing.