Proverbs 13:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ The soul of the sluggard craves, and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ 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)

⁴ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Common English Bible

⁴ The lazy have strong desires but receive nothing; the appetite of the diligent is satisfied.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ 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

⁴ The sluggard willeth and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.

Proverbs 13:4 Cross References

Genesis 26:32

That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”

Psalm 92:14

They still bring forth fruit in old age, they are ever full of sap and green,

Proverbs 10:4

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

Proverbs 11:25

A liberal man will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

Proverbs 12:11

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits has no sense.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Proverbs 12:27

A slothful man will not catch his prey, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hates falsehood, but a wicked man acts shamefully and disgracefully.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the sluggard kills him for his hands refuse to labor.

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.

Proverbs 24:30

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man without sense;

Proverbs 24:31

and lo, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

Proverbs 26:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!”

Proverbs 28:25

A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

Proverbs 8:34

Happy is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I had put off my garment, how could I put it on? I had bathed my feet, how could I soil them?

Isaiah 58:11

And the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your desire with good things, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Numbers 23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!”

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.”

Hebrews 6:11

And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end,

Joshua 7:3

And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, “Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai; do not make the whole people toil up there, for they are but few.”