Proverbs 10:4

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 21:5

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

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Proverbs 20:13

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 12:24

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

Proverbs 11:24

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

John 6:27

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

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.

Proverbs 10:5

He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.

Proverbs 12:27

Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.[3]

Proverbs 18:9

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

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."