Proverbs 21:25 (WEB)
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
Fathers and councils · 1
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2Conference XXIV
“And so I see that you are labouring under that infirmity of sluggishness, which is thus described in Proverbs: “Every sluggard is always desiring something;” and again: “Desires kill the slothful.”” — editor's note: Prov. xiii. 4; xxi. 25.
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Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.