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Proverbs 10:26
26Do not send a lazy person with a message. He will bring you pain, like the taste of bitter wine, or like smoke in your eyes.
Proverbs 10:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
- New International Version (NIV)As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are sluggards to those who send them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy man to those who send him.
Context of Proverbs 10:26
24The trouble that wicked people are afraid of will certainly happen to them. But righteous people will receive the things that they want. 25When the storm has finished, wicked people are no longer there. But righteous people are still standing safely. Do not send a lazy person with a message. He will bring you pain, like the taste of bitter wine, or like smoke in your eyes. 27If you respect and obey the Lord, you will live longer. But wicked people will die before they are old. 28What good people hope to receive causes them to be happy. But wicked people never receive what they hope for.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:26 word by word
כַּחֹ֤מֶץ׀ לַשִּׁנַּ֗יִם וְכֶעָשָׁ֥ן לָעֵינָ֑יִם כֵּ֥ן הֶ֝עָצֵ֗ל לְשֹׁלְחָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:26
- Proverbs 25:13When a faithful servant takes a message for his master, his master will have peace in his mind. It will keep him cool, like snow in the middle of summer.
- Isaiah 65:5They say to each other, “Keep away from me! Do not come near me! I am too holy for you!” These people are like smoke in my nose! They are like a fire that burns all day.’
- Matthew 25:26The master said to him, “You are a bad and lazy servant. You know what I am like, do you? I get food from fields where I did not put any seeds. I get fruit from trees that I did not plant. You knew all that.
- Romans 12:11Do not be lazy, but always work hard. Serve the Lord well because you enjoy it.
- Hebrews 6:12Then you will not be slow to learn. Instead, you will copy the example of those people who continue to trust God. They continue to be patient when trouble happens to them. People like that receive what God has promised to his people.
Commentaries on Proverbs 10:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26As vinegar to the teeth - The acid softening and dissolving the alkali of the bone, so as to impair their texture, and render them incapable of masticating; and as smoke affects the eyes, irritating their tender vessels, so as to give pain and prevent distinct vision; so the sluggard, the lounging, thriftless messenger, who never returns in time with the desired answer.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The teeth set on edge by the sour wine used by peasants Rth 2:14 ; Psalm 69:21, the eye irritated by wood-smoke, these shadow the annoyance of having a messenger who will loiter on the way.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26Verse 26 As vinegar sets the teeth on edge, and as the smoke causes the eyes to smart, so the sluggard vexes his employer.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. that is, causes vexation.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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