Ecclesiastes 4:5

WEB

⁵The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

KJV

⁵The fool^[+] foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

BSB

⁵The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

FBV

⁵Fools fold their arms and do nothing—so in the end they're all used up.

Extra References

Isaiah 9:20

²⁰One will devour on the right hand, and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand, and they will not be satisfied. Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm:

Proverbs 6:10-11

¹⁰A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep— ¹¹so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

Proverbs 13:4

⁴The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

Job 13:14

¹⁴Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

Proverbs 20:4

⁴The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 11:17

¹⁷The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Proverbs 12:27

²⁷The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

Proverbs 24:33-34

³³a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, ³⁴so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.