Proverbs 13:4

The Passion Translation

The slacker wants it all and ends up with nothing, but the hard worker ends up with all that he longed for.

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

Later that same day, Isaac’s servants came with wonderful news about the well they had dug, saying, “We’ve just found water!”

Psalm 92:14

for in your presence they will still overflow and be anointed. Even in their old age they will stay fresh, bearing luscious fruit and abiding faithfully.

Proverbs 10:4

Slackers will know what it means to be poor, while the hard worker becomes wealthy.

Proverbs 11:25

Those who live to bless others will have blessings heaped upon them, and the one who pours out his life to pour out blessings will be saturated with favor.

Proverbs 12:11

Work hard at your job and you’ll have what you need. Following a get-rich-quick scheme is nothing but a fantasy.

Proverbs 12:24

If you want to reign in life, don’t sit on your hands. Instead, work hard at doing what’s right, for the slacker will end up working to make someone else succeed.

Proverbs 12:27

A passive person won’t even complete a project, but a passionate person makes good use of his time, wealth, and energy.

Proverbs 13:3

Guard your words and you’ll guard your life, but if you don’t control your tongue, it will ruin everything.

Proverbs 13:5

Lovers of God hate what is phony and false, but the wicked are full of shame and behave shamefully.

Proverbs 20:4

If you’re too lazy to plant seed, it’s too bad when you have no harvest on which to feed.

Proverbs 21:25

Taking the easy way out is the habit of a lazy man, and it will be his downfall. All day long he thinks about all the things that he craves, for he hasn’t learned the secret that the generous man has learned: extravagant giving never leads to poverty.

Proverbs 21:5

Brilliant ideas pay off and bring you prosperity, but making hasty, impatient decisions will only lead to financial loss.

Proverbs 24:30

One day I passed by the field of a lazy man, and I noticed the vineyards of a slacker. I observed nothing but thorns, weeds, and broken-down walls.

Proverbs 26:13

The lazy loafer says, “I can’t go out and look for a job— there may be a lion out there roaming wild in the streets!”

Proverbs 28:25

To make rash, hasty decisions shows that you are not trusting the Lord. But when you rely totally on God, you will still act carefully and prudently.

Proverbs 6:6

When you’re feeling lazy, come and learn a lesson from this tale of the tiny ant. Yes, all you lazybones, come learn from the example of the ant and enter into wisdom.

Proverbs 8:34

If you wait at wisdom’s doorway, longing to hear a word for every day, joy will break forth within you as you listen for what I’ll say.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have already laid aside my own garments for you. How could I take them up again since I’ve yielded my righteousness to yours? You have cleansed my life and taken me so far. Isn’t that enough?

Isaiah 58:11

Yahweh will always guide you where to go and what to do. He will fill you with refreshment even when you are in a dry, difficult place. He will continually restore strength to you, so you will flourish like a well-watered garden and like an ever-flowing, trustworthy spring of blessing.

John 6:27

Why would you strive for food that is perishable and not be passionate to seek the food of eternal life, which never spoils? I, the Son of Man, am ready to give you what matters most, for God the Father has destined me for this purpose.”

Hebrews 6:11

But we long to see you passionately advance until the end and you find your hope fulfilled.

Joshua 7:3

When they returned to Joshua, they reported to him, “There is no need to trouble the whole army to conquer Ai. The people are so few that two or three thousand men could attack it and take the city.”