Slothful persons

Slothful persons

(Verses 13 to 16 of Chapter 26 in Proverbs are clubbed together).The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

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

The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. (Verses 13 to 16)

No slothful man is sincere in his work. He has some excuse for not doing his duty. He perceives dangers in his place of work. A door rests upon its hinges but does not move. Hinges cannot function independently without a door. They just lie in a store without any use. The lazy people are like that. They cannot do any work on their own but shirk their work on some pretext. The slothful person does not make use of his hand but hides it in his bosom. He feels sad to bring his hand with his spoon again to his mouth after he has gulped the food in his spoon on the first round.

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit. He is completely deceived due to pride. There are many people with the riches of this world. But they are too slothful to take care of their riches. A group of seven men can judge an issue and give their reasoned judgment but a lazy man is a fool. Seven means completeness or perfection. But the lazy man presumes that he is wiser than the seven men by not working with his own hands or by not taking care of his vineyard or business.

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