Ecclesiastes 4:5

New International Reader's Version

Foolish people fold their hands and don’t work. And that destroys them.

Cross References

Job 13:14

Why do I put myself in danger? Why do I take my life in my hands?

Proverbs 11:17

Those who are kind benefit themselves. But mean people bring ruin on themselves.

Proverbs 12:27

Lazy people do not even cook what they catch. But those who work hard eat their fill of what is hunted.

Proverbs 13:4

People who refuse to work want things and get nothing. But the desires of people who work hard are completely satisfied.

Proverbs 20:4

Anyone who refuses to work doesn’t plow in the right season. When they look for a crop at harvest time, they don’t find it.

Proverbs 6:9

You lazy people, how long will you lie there? When will you get up from your sleep?

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Wise people say gracious things. But foolish people are destroyed by what their own lips speak.

Isaiah 9:20

People will eat up everything they can find on their right. But they’ll still be hungry. They will eat everything they can find on their left. But they won’t be satisfied. So they will eat the dead bodies of their children.