Proverbs 10:4

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

A slothful hand makes poverty, and the hand of the active will make rich.

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

And it shall be in that day, and Isaak's servants will come and announce to him concerning the well which they digged, and they will say to him, We found water.

Proverbs 10:5

He gathering in summer, is a prudent son: he lying in deep sleep in harvest, a son causing shame.

Proverbs 11:24

There is scattering and yet adding; and the withholding more than right, only to want

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the active shall give dominion: and of the slothful one shall be for tribute.

Proverbs 12:27

The slothful one shall not ensnare his hunting: and the substance of the active man is precious.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the slothful one desiring, and nothing: and the soul of the active shall be made fat

Proverbs 18:9

Also he being slothful in his work, he the brother of the master of destruction.

Proverbs 19:15

Sloth will cast a deep sleep; and the soul of sloth shall hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

The slothful one hiding his hand in the dish, also he will not turn it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 20:13

Thou shalt not love sleep lest thou shalt be dispossessed: open wide thine eyes, being filled with bread.

Proverbs 20:4

The slothful one reproaching will not work: he shall ask in harvest, and nothing.

Proverbs 21:5

The purposes of the active only to abundance; and every one hastening only to want

Ecclesiastes 10:18

By sloth the frame work will pine away; and by the letting down of the hands, the house will drop.

John 6:27

Work not for food perishing, but food remaining to eternal life, which the Son of man will give you: for him God the Father sealed.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stable, unmoved, abounding in the work of the Lord always, knowing that our fatigue is not in vain in the Lord.