Proverbs 13:4

New International Reader's Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

That day Isaac’s servants came to him. They told him about the well they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!”

Psalm 92:14

When they get old, they will still bear fruit. Like young trees they will stay fresh and strong.

Proverbs 10:4

Hands that don’t want to work make you poor. But hands that work hard bring wealth to you.

Proverbs 11:25

Anyone who gives a lot will succeed. Anyone who renews others will be renewed.

Proverbs 12:11

Those who farm their land will have plenty of food. But those who chase dreams have no sense.

Proverbs 12:24

Hands that work hard will rule. But people who are lazy will be forced to work.

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 13:3

Those who guard what they say guard their lives. But those who speak without thinking will be destroyed.

Proverbs 13:5

Those who do right hate what is false. But those who do wrong stink and bring shame on themselves.

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 21:25

Some people will die while they are still hungry. That’s because their hands refuse to work.

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of people who work hard succeed. You can be just as sure that those in a hurry will become poor.

Proverbs 24:30

I went past the field of someone who didn’t want to work. I went past the vineyard of someone who didn’t have any sense.

Proverbs 24:31

Thorns had grown up everywhere. The ground was covered with weeds. The stone wall had fallen down.

Proverbs 26:13

A person who doesn’t want to work says, “There’s a lion in the road! There’s an angry lion wandering in the streets!”

Proverbs 28:25

People who always want more stir up conflict. But those who trust in the Lord will succeed.

Proverbs 6:6

You people who don’t want to work, think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed are those who listen to me. They watch every day at my doors. They wait beside my doorway.

Song of Solomon 5:3

“But I’ve taken off my robe. Must I put it on again? I’ve washed my feet. Must I get them dirty again?

Isaiah 58:11

I will always guide you. I will satisfy your needs in a land baked by the sun. I will make you stronger. You will be like a garden that has plenty of water. You will be like a spring whose water never runs dry.

Numbers 23:10

Jacob’s people are like the dust of the earth. Can dust be counted? Who can count even a fourth of the Israelites? Let me die as godly people die. Let my death be like theirs!”

John 6:27

Do not work for food that spoils. Work for food that lasts forever. That is the food the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”

Hebrews 6:11

We want each of you to be faithful to the very end. If you are, then what you hope for will fully happen.

Joshua 7:3

Then they returned to Joshua. They said, “The whole army doesn’t have to go up and attack Ai. Send only two or three thousand men. They can take the city. Don’t make the whole army go up there. Only a few people live in Ai.”