Proverbs 10:26
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- vinegar
- Proverbs 25:13, 20
- as smoke
- As the acidity of vinegar causes the unpleasantness and pain to the teeth, and by softening and dissolving the alkali of the bone, impairs their texture, and renders them incapable of mastication; and as smoke, by irritating the tender vessels, causes the eyes to smart, and prevents distinct vision; so a sluggish messenger is a continual vexation and loss to those by whom he is employed.
- Isaiah 65:5
- so
- Matthew 25:26; Romans 12:11; Hebrews 6:12