H6102 עָצֵל
ʻâtsêl — indolent
KJV: slothful, sluggard.
Derived from עָצַל ʻâtsal (to lean idly, i.e. to be indolent or slack)
Occurs 14 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עָצֵל 14 adj. sluggish, lazy
Where it occurs
- Proverbs 6:6 — Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
- Proverbs 6:9 — How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
- Proverbs 10:26 — As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
- Proverbs 13:4 — The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
- Proverbs 15:19 — The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- Proverbs 19:24 — The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
- Proverbs 20:4 — The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Proverbs 21:25 — The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
- Proverbs 22:13 — The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
- Proverbs 24:30 — I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.