Proverbs 20:4 - New Revised Standard Version

⁴ The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; Therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ The sluggard does not plow when winter sets in; therefore he begs in harvest and has nothing.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Common English Bible

⁴ The lazy don’t plow during winter; at harvest they look but find nothing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.

Proverbs 20:4 Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

The lazy person buries a hand in the dish, and will not even bring it back to the mouth.

Proverbs 20:5

The purposes in the human mind are like deep water, but the intelligent will draw them out.

Proverbs 21:25

The craving of the lazy person is fatal, for lazy hands refuse to labor.

Proverbs 24:34

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

Whoever observes the wind will not sow; and whoever regards the clouds will not reap.