Proverbs 13:4

Good News Translation

No matter how much a lazy person may want something, he will never get it. A hard worker will get everything he wants.

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

On that day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well which they had dug. They said, “We have found water.”

Psalm 92:14

that still bear fruit in old age and are always green and strong.

Proverbs 10:4

Being lazy will make you poor, but hard work will make you rich.

Proverbs 11:25

Be generous, and you will be prosperous. Help others, and you will be helped.

Proverbs 12:11

A hard-working farmer has plenty to eat, but it is stupid to waste time on useless projects.

Proverbs 12:24

Hard work will give you power; being lazy will make you a slave.

Proverbs 12:27

If you are lazy, you will never get what you are after, but if you work hard, you will get a fortune.

Proverbs 13:3

Be careful what you say and protect your life. A careless talker destroys himself.

Proverbs 13:5

Honest people hate lies, but the words of wicked people are shameful and disgraceful.

Proverbs 20:4

A farmer too lazy to plow his fields at the right time will have nothing to harvest.

Proverbs 21:25

Lazy people who refuse to work are only killing themselves;

Proverbs 21:5

Plan carefully and you will have plenty; if you act too quickly, you will never have enough.

Proverbs 24:30

I walked through the fields and vineyards of a lazy, stupid person.

Proverbs 24:31

They were full of thorn bushes and overgrown with weeds. The stone wall around them had fallen down.

Proverbs 26:13

Why don't lazy people ever get out of the house? What are they afraid of Lions?

Proverbs 28:25

Selfishness only causes trouble. You are much better off to trust the Lord.

Proverbs 6:6

Lazy people should learn a lesson from the way ants live.

Proverbs 8:34

Those who listen to me will be happy— those who stay at my door every day, waiting at the entrance to my home.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have already undressed; why should I get dressed again? I have washed my feet; why should I get them dirty again?

Isaiah 58:11

And I will always guide you and satisfy you with good things. I will keep you strong and well. You will be like a garden that has plenty of water, like a spring of water that never goes dry.

Numbers 23:10

The descendants of Israel are like the dust— There are too many of them to be counted. Let me end my days like one of God's people; Let me die in peace like the righteous.”

John 6:27

Do not work for food that spoils; instead, work for the food that lasts for eternal life. This is the food which the Son of Man will give you, because God, the Father, has put his mark of approval on him.”

Hebrews 6:11

Our great desire is that each of you keep up your eagerness to the end, so that the things you hope for will come true.

Joshua 7:3

they reported back to Joshua: “There is no need for everyone to attack Ai. Send only about two or three thousand men. Don't send the whole army up there to fight; it is not a large city.”