That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they had dug and said to him, “We have found water!”
Proverbs 13:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The appetite of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is abundantly supplied. [Prov. 10:4.] American Standard Version (1901) The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. Common English Bible The lazy have strong desires but receive nothing; the appetite of the diligent is satisfied. Catholic Public Domain Version The lazy one is willing and then not willing. But the soul of he who labors shall be made fat. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The sluggard willeth and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat. |
That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they had dug and said to him, “We have found water!”
In old age they still produce fruit; they are always green and full of sap,
A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water.
Those who till their land will have plenty of food, but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense.
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the lazy will be put to forced labor.
The lazy do not roast their game, but the diligent obtain precious wealth.
Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come to ruin.
The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked act shamefully and disgracefully.
The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.
The craving of the lazy person is fatal, for lazy hands refuse to labor.
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.
I passed by the field of one who was lazy, by the vineyard of a stupid person,
and see, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
The lazy person says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!”
The greedy person stirs up strife, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.
Happy is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.
I had put off my garment; how could I put it on again? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?
The Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your needs in parched places and make your bones strong, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water whose waters never fail.
Who can count the dust of Jacob or number the dust cloud of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let my end be like his!”
Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”
And we want each one of you to show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope to the very end,
Then they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Not all the people need go up; about two or three thousand men should go up and attack Ai. Since they are so few, do not make the whole people toil up there.”