Proverbs 10:4 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴ Poor is he who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the hard worker makes rich.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ He becomes poor who works with a slack and idle hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Common English Bible

⁴ Laziness brings poverty; hard work makes one rich.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ The neglectful hand has wrought destitution. But the hand of the steadfast prepares riches. He who advances by lies, this one feeds on the wind. For he is the same as one who runs after flying birds.

Proverbs 10:4 Cross References

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the hard worker lead only to plenty, But all rash haste only to poverty.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy one does not plough after the autumn; At harvest time he inquires – there is none!

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, And an idle being suffers hunger.

Proverbs 13:4

The being of the lazy one craves, but has not; While the being of the hard workers are enriched.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Master, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Master.

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; Open your eyes, be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 19:24

A lazy one buries his hand in a dish, And does not bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the hard worker rules, But the lazy is put to compulsory labour.

Proverbs 11:24

There is one who scatters, yet increases more. And one who withholds more than is right, But it comes to poverty.

John 6:27

Do not labour for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to everlasting life, which the Son of Aḏam shall give you, for the Father, Elohim, has set His seal on Him.”

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Because of laziness the framework tumbles, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.

Proverbs 10:5

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

Proverbs 12:27

The lazy one has no game to roast, But the hard worker prizes his possessions.

Proverbs 18:9

Also, he who is slack in his work Is a brother of a master destroyer.

Genesis 26:32

And on the same day it came to be that the servants of Yitsḥaq came and informed him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”