Verse Lens · Context pointer
Proverbs 10:26 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 26. 26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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Role in This Section
This verse contributes the claim, image, or instruction “As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him”.
Read It With
- Proverbs 10:24–28
Proverbs 10:24–28 is the required frame for Proverbs 10:26. Here the saying contributes the claim, image, or instruction “As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him”; its collection setting controls whether the words describe a pattern, warning, invitation, or bounded command.
Why It Needs Context
This context pointer contributes the claim, image, or instruction “As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him”. Read Proverbs 10:24–28 before assigning independent truth or application to Proverbs 10:26.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Proverbs 10:24–28 — Justice, truthful judgment, and protection from exploitation — The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the...Sources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
Where care is needed
This sentence saying states a context-shaped moral pattern. Its small-cluster boundary and degree of generality remain reviewable; exceptional outcomes do not make the observation meaningless or turn it into a guarantee.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV words, canonical order, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and complete unit coverage.
Exact location: Proverbs 10:24–28, repository-pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Proverbs
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology used only for the exact unit's lexical, grammatical, parallel, superscription, number-saying, and acrostic questions.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Prov.xml, OSIS 10:24-10:28
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