Proverbs 10:4

New American Bible - revised edition

The slack hand impoverishes, but the busy hand brings riches.

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

That same day Isaac’s servants came and informed him about the well they had been digging; they told him, “We have reached water!”

Proverbs 10:5

A son who gathers in summer is a credit; a son who slumbers during harvest, a disgrace.

Proverbs 11:24

One person is lavish yet grows still richer; another is too sparing, yet is the poorer.

Proverbs 12:24

The diligent hand will govern, but sloth makes for forced labor.

Proverbs 12:27

Sloth does not catch its prey, but the wealth of the diligent is splendid.

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the sluggard craves but has nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is amply satisfied.

Proverbs 18:9

Those slack in their work are kin to the destroyer.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the sluggard goes hungry.

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard buries a hand in the dish; not even lifting it to the mouth.

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep lest you be reduced to poverty; keep your eyes open, have your fill of food.

Proverbs 20:4

In seedtime sluggards do not plow; when they look for the harvest, it is not there.

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the diligent end in profit, but those of the hasty end in loss.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Because of laziness, the rafters sag; when hands are slack, the house leaks.

John 6:27

Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.”

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.