Proverbs 13:4

Modern King James Version

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

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.

Psalm 92:14

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

Proverbs 10:4

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

Proverbs 11:25

The soul who gives freely shall be made fat; and he who waters shall also be watered himself.

Proverbs 12:11

He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he who follows vanities lacks heart.

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 13:3

He who keeps his mouth keeps his life; he who opens his lips wide, it is ruin to him.

Proverbs 13:5

The righteous hates lying, but the wicked one is odious and acts shamefully.

Proverbs 20:4

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

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands have refused to work.

Proverbs 21:5

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

Proverbs 24:30

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man without understanding;

Proverbs 24:31

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

Proverbs 26:13

The lazy one says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Proverbs 28:25

He who is of a proud heart stirs up fighting; but he who puts his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.

Proverbs 6:6

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

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed is the man who 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 Jehovah shall always guide you and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones fat; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.

Numbers 23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth 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 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.

Hebrews 6:11

And we desire that each one of you show the same eagerness to the full assurance of hope to 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. Do not make all the people labor there, for they are few.