Proverbs 13:4

New Century Version

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

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.”

Psalm 92:14

When they are old, they will still produce fruit; they will be healthy and fresh.

Proverbs 10:4

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

Proverbs 11:25

Whoever gives to others will get richer; those who help others will themselves be helped.

Proverbs 12:11

Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but the one who chases empty dreams is not wise.

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 13:3

Those who are careful about what they say protect their lives, but whoever speaks without thinking will be ruined.

Proverbs 13:5

Good people hate what is false, but the wicked do shameful and disgraceful things.

Proverbs 20:4

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

Proverbs 21:25

Lazy people’s desire for sleep will kill them, because they refuse to work.

Proverbs 21:5

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

Proverbs 24:30

I passed by a lazy person’s field and by the vineyard of someone with no sense.

Proverbs 24:31

Thorns had grown up everywhere. The ground was covered with weeds, and the stone walls had fallen down.

Proverbs 26:13

The lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the road! There’s a lion in the streets!”

Proverbs 28:25

A greedy person causes trouble, but the one who trusts the Lord will succeed.

Proverbs 6:6

Go watch the ants, you lazy person. Watch what they do and be wise.

Proverbs 8:34

Happy are those who listen to me, watching at my door every day, waiting at my open doorway.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have taken off my garment and don’t want to put it on again. I have washed my feet and don’t want to get them dirty again.

Isaiah 58:11

The Lord will always lead you. He will satisfy your needs in dry lands and give strength to your bones. You will be like a garden that has much water, like a spring that never runs dry.

Numbers 23:10

No one can number the many people of Jacob, and no one can count a fourth of Israel. Let me die like good men, and let me end up like them!”

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.”

Hebrews 6:11

We want each of you to go on with the same hard work all your lives so you will surely get what you hope for.

Joshua 7:3

Later they came back to Joshua and said, “There are only a few people in Ai, so we will not need all our people to defeat them. Send only two or three thousand men to fight. There is no need to send all of our people.”