Proverbs 10:4

Modern King James Version

He who deals with a lazy hand becomes poor; but the hand of the hard worker makes rich.

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

And the same day it happened, Isaac's servants came and told him about the well which they had dug. And they said to him, We have found water.

Proverbs 10:5

He who gathers in summer is a wise son; but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

Proverbs 11:24

There is one who scatters and yet increases; but one who withholds just due comes only to poverty.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the hard worker shall bear rule, but the lazy shall be under service.

Proverbs 12:27

The lazy one does not start after his game, but the wealth of a hard worker is precious.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing; but the soul of the hard worker shall be made fat.

Proverbs 18:9

Also he who is slack in his work is brother to a great destroyer.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

A lazy one puts his hand in a dish, and he will not return it to his mouth.

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy one will not plow; after the autumn he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 21:5

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty; but the thoughts of everyone who is hasty only to poverty.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

By slothfulness the building decays; and through lowering of the hands the house leaks.

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for that food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father sealed Him.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So that, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not without fruit in the Lord.