26Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 10:26
The Righteous and the Wicked: Wisdom in Speech, Work, Wealth, and Life
The chapter moves as a concentrated collection rather than a single linear argument. Its repeated contrasts form a moral portrait of the righteous and the wicked, with major clusters around family, work, wealth, speech, discipline, desire, fear, and destiny.
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Verse 26
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Like vinegarכַּחֹ֤מֶץ׀H2558Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singularto the teethלַשִּׁנַּ֗יִםH8127Preposition-l, Article | Noun - cdand smokeוְכֶעָשָׁ֥ןH6227Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singularto the eyesלָעֵינָ֑יִםH5869Preposition-l, Article | Noun - cdsoכֵּ֥ןH3651Adverb[is] the slackerהֶ֝עָצֵ֗לH6102Article | Adjective - masculine singularto those who send himלְשֹׁלְחָֽיו׃H7971Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular