Cross References

Proverbs 20:4

God's Word

A lazy person does not plow in the fall. He looks for something in the harvest but finds nothing.

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Lazy hands bring poverty, but hard-working hands bring riches.

A lazy person craves food and there is none, but the appetite of hard-working people is satisfied.

Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.

A lazy person puts his fork in his food. He doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth.

A motive in the human heart is like deep water, and a person who has understanding draws it out.

The desire of a lazy person will kill him because his hands refuse to work.

Then your poverty will come like a drifter, and your need will come like a bandit.

Consider the ant, you lazy bum. Watch its ways, and become wise.

Whoever watches the wind will never plant. Whoever looks at the clouds will never harvest.