Proverbs 13:4

Lighthouse Bible 2006

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

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.

Psalm 92:14

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

Proverbs 10:4

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

Proverbs 11:25

The generous soul shall be made fat: and he that waters shall be watered also himself.

Proverbs 12:11

He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he who follows vain persons lacks understanding.

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 13:3

He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hates lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.

Proverbs 20:4

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

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.

Proverbs 21:5

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

Proverbs 24:30

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding;

Proverbs 24:31

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

Proverbs 26:13

The slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Proverbs 28:25

He that is of a proud heart stirs up strife: but he that puts his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed is the man that hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

Isaiah 58:11

And the LORD shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and make fat your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.

Numbers 23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

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.

Hebrews 6:11

And we desire that every one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end:

Joshua 7:3

And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai; and do not make all the people to labor there; for they are but few.