Proverbs 10:4

American King James Version (1999)

He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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

Proverbs 10:5

He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.

Proverbs 11:24

There is that scatters, and yet increases; and there is that withholds more than is meet, but it tends to poverty.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Proverbs 12:27

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

Proverbs 13:4

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

Proverbs 18:9

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

A slothful man hides his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 20:13

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 21:5

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house drops through.

John 6:27

Labor not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give to you: for him has God the Father sealed.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be you steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.