Proverbs 20:4

English Standard Version 2016

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

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A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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

He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.