Proverbs 20:13

Easy To Read Version

If you love to sleep, then you will become poor. But use your time working and you will have plenty to eat.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

A lazy person will be poor. But a person that works hard will be rich.

Proverbs 12:11

The farmer that works with his land will have enough food. But the person who wastes time on worthless ideas is foolish.

Proverbs 13:4

The lazy person wants things, but he can never get them. But people who work hard will get the things they want.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings sleepiness. Trying to hide \{a problem\} brings more problems. {\cf2\super [27]}

Proverbs 20:14

The person who buys something from you always says, “It’s no good! It costs too much!” Then that person goes away and tells other people that he made a good deal.

Proverbs 28:19

A person that works hard will have plenty to eat. But a person that wastes his time with dreams will always be poor.

Proverbs 31:15

She wakes very early in the morning.\par She cooks food for her family\par and gives the servants their share.\par

Jonah 1:6

The captain of the boat saw Jonah and said, “Wake up! Why are you sleeping? Pray to your god! Maybe your god will hear your prayer and save us!”

Romans 12:11

Don’t be lazy when you need to be working for the Lord. Be spiritually excited about serving him.

Romans 13:11

I say these things because you know that we live in an important time. Yes, it is now time for you to wake up from your sleep. Our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Come back to your right way of thinking and stop sinning. Some of you don’t know God. I say this to shame you.

Ephesians 5:14

And everything that is made easy to see can become light. This is why we say:

2 Thessalonians 3:10

When we were with you, we gave you this rule: “If a person will not work, then he will not eat.”