Proverbs 10:4

New Century Version

A lazy person will end up poor, but a hard worker will become rich.

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug, saying, “We found water in that well.”

Proverbs 10:5

Those who gather crops on time are wise, but those who sleep through the harvest are a disgrace.

Proverbs 11:24

Some people give much but get back even more. Others don’t give what they should and end up poor.

Proverbs 12:24

Hard workers will become leaders, but those who are lazy will be slaves.

Proverbs 12:27

The lazy catch no food to cook, but a hard worker will have great wealth.

Proverbs 13:4

The lazy will not get what they want, but those who work hard will.

Proverbs 18:9

A person who doesn’t work hard is just like someone who destroys things.

Proverbs 19:15

Lazy people sleep a lot, and idle people will go hungry.

Proverbs 19:24

Though the lazy person puts his hand in the dish, he won’t lift the food to his mouth.

Proverbs 20:13

If you love to sleep, you will be poor. If you stay awake, you will have plenty of food.

Proverbs 20:4

Lazy farmers don’t plow when they should; they expect a harvest, but there is none.

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of hard-working people earn a profit, but those who act too quickly become poor.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

If someone is lazy, the roof will begin to fall. If he doesn’t fix it, the house will leak.

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food that spoils. Work for the food that stays good always and gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because on him God the Father has put his power.”

1 Corinthians 15:58

So my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Do not let anything move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.