OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 26

Proverbs 10:26

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As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes,

so is the sluggard to those who send him.

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Proverbs 10:23–29

23

It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness,

but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

24

What the wicked fear will overtake them,

but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

25

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more;

but the righteous stand firm forever.

26
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As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes,

so is the sluggard to those who send him.

27

The fear of the LORD prolongs days,

but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

28

The prospect of the righteous is joy,

but the hope of the wicked will perish.

29

The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright,

but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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