Proverbs 13:4

New American Bible - revised edition

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

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!”

Psalm 92:14

Planted in the house of the Lord, they shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Proverbs 10:4

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

Proverbs 11:25

Whoever confers benefits will be amply enriched, and whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

Proverbs 12:11

Those who till their own land have food in plenty, but those who engage in idle pursuits lack sense.

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 13:3

Those who guard their mouths preserve themselves; those who open wide their lips bring ruin.

Proverbs 13:5

The just hate deceitful words, but the wicked are odious and disgraceful.

Proverbs 20:4

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

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of sluggards will slay them, for their hands refuse to work.

Proverbs 21:5

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

Proverbs 24:30

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one with no sense;

Proverbs 24:31

It was all overgrown with thistles; its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall broken down.

Proverbs 26:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the street, a lion in the middle of the square!”

Proverbs 28:25

The greedy person stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will prosper.

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, O sluggard, study her ways and learn wisdom;

Proverbs 8:34

Happy the one who listens to me, attending daily at my gates, keeping watch at my doorposts;

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have taken off my robe, am I then to put it on? I have bathed my feet, am I then to soil them?

Isaiah 58:11

Then the Lord will guide you always and satisfy your thirst in parched places, will give strength to your bones And you shall be like a watered garden, like a flowing spring whose waters never fail.

Numbers 23:10

Who has ever counted the dust of Jacob, who numbered Israel’s dust-cloud? May I die the death of the just, may my end be like theirs!

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.”

Hebrews 6:11

We earnestly desire each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of hope until the end,

Joshua 7:3

they returned to Joshua and advised, “Do not send all the people up; if only about two or three thousand go up, they can attack and overcome Ai. You need not tire all the people: the enemy there are few.”