Proverbs 10:4

New International Version

Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

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

Proverbs 10:5

He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

Proverbs 11:24

One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

Proverbs 12:24

Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

Proverbs 12:27

The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.

Proverbs 13:4

A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

Proverbs 18:9

One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.

Proverbs 19:24

A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.

Proverbs 20:4

Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks.

John 6:27

Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.