Proverbs 10:4

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug, saying, We have found water!

Proverbs 10:5

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

Proverbs 11:24

There are those who [generously] scatter abroad, and yet increase more; there are those who withhold more than is fitting or what is justly due, but it results only in want.

Proverbs 12:24

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

Proverbs 12:27

The slothful man does not catch his game or roast it once he kills it, but the diligent man gets precious possessions.

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is abundantly supplied. [Prov. 10:4.]

Proverbs 18:9

He who is loose and slack in his work is brother to him who is a destroyer and he who does not use his endeavors to heal himself is brother to him who commits suicide.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, 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 will be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard does not plow when winter sets in; therefore he begs in harvest and has nothing.

Proverbs 21:5

The thoughts of the [steadily] diligent tend only to plenteousness, but everyone who is impatient and hasty hastens only to want.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Through indolence the rafters [of state affairs] decay and the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

John 6:27

Stop toiling and doing and producing for the food that perishes and decomposes [in the using], but strive and work and produce rather for the [lasting] food which endures [continually] unto life eternal; the Son of Man will give (furnish) you that, for God the Father has authorized and certified Him and put His seal of endorsement upon Him.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be firm (steadfast), immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord [always being superior, excelling, doing more than enough in the service of the Lord], knowing and being continually aware that your labor in the Lord is not futile [it is never wasted or to no purpose].