Proverbs 13:4

New International Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 12:24

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

Proverbs 12:11

Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.

Proverbs 10:4

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

Proverbs 11:25

A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

Proverbs 28:25

The greedy stir up conflict, but those who trust in the Lord will prosper.

Hebrews 6:11

We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.

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.”

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.

Isaiah 58:11

The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Proverbs 26:13

A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!”

Psalm 92:14

They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,

Numbers 23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and may my final end be like theirs!”

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!

Proverbs 12:27

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

Proverbs 13:3

Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.

Proverbs 13:5

The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and bring shame on themselves.

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.

Proverbs 21:25

The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.

Genesis 26:32

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

Joshua 7:3

When they returned to Joshua, they said, “Not all the army will have to go up against Ai. Send two or three thousand men to take it and do not weary the whole army, for only a few people live there.”

Proverbs 24:30

I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;

Proverbs 24:31

thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have taken off my robe— must I put it on again? I have washed my feet— must I soil them again?