Proverbs 13:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they had dug and said to him, “We have found water!”

Psalm 92:14

In old age they still produce fruit; they are always green and full of sap,

Proverbs 10:4

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 11:25

A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water.

Proverbs 12:11

Those who till their land will have plenty of food, but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the lazy will be put to forced labor.

Proverbs 12:27

The lazy do not roast their game, but the diligent obtain precious wealth.

Proverbs 13:3

Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come to ruin.

Proverbs 13:5

The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked act shamefully and disgracefully.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.

Proverbs 21:25

The craving of the lazy person is fatal, for lazy hands refuse to labor.

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.

Proverbs 24:30

I passed by the field of one who was lazy, by the vineyard of a stupid person,

Proverbs 24:31

and see, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

Proverbs 26:13

The lazy person says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!”

Proverbs 28:25

The greedy person stirs up strife, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways and be wise.

Proverbs 8:34

Happy is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I had put off my garment; how could I put it on again? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?

Isaiah 58:11

The Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your needs in parched places and make your bones strong, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water whose waters never fail.

Numbers 23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob or number the dust cloud of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let my end be like his!”

John 6:27

Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”

Hebrews 6:11

And we want each one of you to show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope to the very end,

Joshua 7:3

Then they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Not all the people need go up; about two or three thousand men should go up and attack Ai. Since they are so few, do not make the whole people toil up there.”