Proverbs 13:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The slacker craves, yet has nothing, but the diligent is fully satisfied.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:24

The diligent hand will rule, but laziness will lead to forced labour.

Proverbs 12:11

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks sense.

Proverbs 10:4

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring riches.

Proverbs 11:25

A generous person will be enriched, and the one who gives a drink of water will receive water.

Proverbs 28:25

A greedy person stirs up conflict, but whoever trusts in the  Lord will prosper.

Hebrews 6:11

Now we desire each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of your hope until the end,

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food that perishes   but for the food that lasts for eternal life,   which the Son of Man   will give you, because God the Father   has set his seal of approval on him.’

Proverbs 8:34

Anyone who listens to me is happy, watching at my doors every day, waiting by the posts of my doorway.

Isaiah 58:11

The Lord will always lead you, satisfy you in a parched land, and strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden and like a spring whose water never runs dry.

Proverbs 26:13

The slacker says, ‘There’s a lion in the road – a lion in the public square! ’

Numbers 23:10

Who has counted the dust of Jacob or numbered even quarter of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright; let the end of my life be like theirs.

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant,  you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.

Proverbs 12:27

A lazy hunter doesn’t roast his game, but to a diligent person, his wealth is precious.

Proverbs 13:3

The one who guards his mouth protects his life; the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Proverbs 13:5

The righteous hate lying, but the wicked bring disgust and shame.

Proverbs 20:4

The slacker does not plough during planting season; at harvest time he looks,  and there is nothing.

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit, but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.

Proverbs 21:25

A slacker’s craving will kill him because his hands refuse to work.

Genesis 26:32

On that same day Isaac’s servants came to tell him about the well they had dug, saying to him, ‘We have found water! ’

Joshua 7:3

After returning to Joshua they reported to him, ‘Don’t send all the people, but send about two thousand or three thousand  men to attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, don’t wear out all our people there.’

Proverbs 24:30

I went by the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of one lacking sense.

Proverbs 24:31

Thistles had come up everywhere, weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was ruined.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have taken off my clothing. How can I put it back on? I have washed my feet. How can I get them dirty?