Proverbs 13:4

A Conservative Version

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.

Proverbs 12:11

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.

Proverbs 10:4

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

Proverbs 11:25

The generous soul shall be made prosperous, and he who waters shall also be watered himself.

Proverbs 28:25

He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in LORD shall be made fat.

Hebrews 6:11

And we earnestly desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end,

John 6:27

Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for God the Father put a seal on this man.

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Isaiah 58:11

And LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones. And thou shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.

Proverbs 26:13

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

Psalm 92:14

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

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!

Proverbs 6:6

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

Proverbs 12:27

The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting, but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 21:5

The thoughts of a diligent man [lead] only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to want.

Proverbs 21:25

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

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 dug, and said to him, We have found water.

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 smite Ai. Do not make all the people to toil there, for they are but few.

Proverbs 24:30

I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

Proverbs 24:31

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

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my garment, how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?