Proverbs 10:4

Lighthouse Bible 2006

He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, We have found water.

Proverbs 10:5

He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.

Proverbs 11:24

There is that which scatters, and yet increases; and there is that which withholds more than is proper, but it tends to poverty.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Proverbs 12:27

The slothful man does not roast that which he took in hunting: but the possessions of a diligent man are valuable.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 18:9

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

A slothful man hides his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 20:13

Love not sleep, so that you do not come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard will not plow because of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 21:5

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house drips through.

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give to you: for him has God the Father sealed.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.