Ecclesiastes 4:5

New Living Translation

“Fools fold their idle hands, leading them to ruin.”

Cross References

Job 13:14

Why should I put myself in mortal danger and take my life in my own hands?

Proverbs 11:17

Your kindness will reward you, but your cruelty will destroy you.

Proverbs 12:27

Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch, but the diligent make use of everything they find.

Proverbs 13:4

Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.

Proverbs 20:4

Those too lazy to plow in the right season will have no food at the harvest.

Proverbs 6:9

But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up?

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words.

Isaiah 9:20

They will attack their neighbor on the right but will still be hungry. They will devour their neighbor on the left but will not be satisfied. In the end they will even eat their own children.