Proverbs 13:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

Psalm 92:14

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:

Proverbs 10:4

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Proverbs 11:25

The liberal soul shall be made fat: And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Proverbs 12:11

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

Proverbs 12:27

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: But the precious substance of men is to the diligent

Proverbs 13:3

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life: But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hateth lying: But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Proverbs 20:4

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

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the slothful killeth him; For his hands refuse to labour.

Proverbs 21:5

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness: But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

Proverbs 24:30

I went by the field of the slothful, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Proverbs 24:31

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

Proverbs 26:13

The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

Proverbs 28:25

He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife: But he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

Isaiah 58:11

and the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and 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 last end be like his!

John 6:27

Work not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

Hebrews 6:11

And we desire that each one of you may shew the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

Joshua 7:3

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.