Proverbs 10:4

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

Proverbs 10:5

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: But he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

Proverbs 11:24

There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

Proverbs 12:27

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: But the precious substance of men is to the diligent

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 18:9

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 20:13

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 20:4

The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 21:5

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness: But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

John 6:27

Work not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not vain in the Lord.