Occurrences
ʻâtsêl occurs 14 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Proverbs (14)
- Proverbs 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard (עָצֵ֑ל); consider her ways, and be wise:
- Proverbs 6:9 — How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard (עָצֵ֥ל)? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- Proverbs 10:26 — As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard (הֶ֝עָצֵ֗ל) to them that send him.
- Proverbs 13:4 — The soul of the sluggard (עָצֵ֑ל) desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
- Proverbs 15:19 — The way of the slothful (עָ֭צֵל) man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
- Proverbs 19:24 — A slothful (עָצֵ֣ל) man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
- Proverbs 20:4 — The sluggard (עָצֵ֣ל) will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Proverbs 21:25 — The desire of the slothful (עָצֵ֣ל) killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
- Proverbs 22:13 — The slothful (עָ֭צֵל) man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
- Proverbs 24:30 — I went by the field of the slothful (עָצֵ֣ל), and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
- Proverbs 26:13 — The slothful (עָ֭צֵל) man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
- Proverbs 26:14 — As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful (וְ֝עָצֵ֗ל) upon his bed.
- Proverbs 26:15 — The slothful (עָצֵ֣ל) hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
- Proverbs 26:16 — The sluggard (עָצֵ֣ל) is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.