ESV Reformation Study Bible – Pr 10:26
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Pr 10:26

10:26 The form of this proverb differs from the parallel of opposites (antithetic parallelism) usual in this chapter. The comparison turns on what is common to the three pairs (synonymous parallelism; see “Introduction to Hebrew Poetry”). The lazy person is a distasteful irritant to his employer.