Proverbs 13:4

Tree of Life Version

The slacker’s soul craves, yet has nothing, but the diligent soul will be satisfied.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will become forced labor.

Proverbs 12:11

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.

Proverbs 10:4

Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Proverbs 11:25

A soul who blesses will prosper, and one who gives water will himself be satisfied.

Proverbs 28:25

A greedy soul stirs up strife, but one who trusts in Adonai prospers.

Hebrews 6:11

But we long for each of you to show the same eagerness for the certainty of hope to the very end—

John 6:27

Don’t work for food that spoils, 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 put the seal of approval.”

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts.

Isaiah 58:11

Then Adonai will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in drought and strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden, like a spring of water whose waters never fail.

Proverbs 26:13

A slacker says, “There’s a lion on the road! A lion is in the streets!”

Psalm 92:14

Planted in the House of Adonai, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

Numbers 23:10

Who can count Jacob’s dust? Who can number a fourth of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the upright, and let my end be like his!”

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, you slacker— consider its ways and be wise!

Proverbs 12:27

A lazy person does not roast his game, but a diligent person prizes his possessions.

Proverbs 13:3

He who watches his mouth protects his life, but whoever opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous person hates lying, but the wicked acts in shameful disgrace.

Proverbs 20:4

A slacker will not plow in season, so at harvest he looks but finds nothing.

Proverbs 21:5

Plans of the diligent surely lead to gain, but all who are hasty come only to loss.

Proverbs 21:25

A slacker’s craving will kill him, because his hands refuse to work.

Genesis 26:32

Now it happened that on that day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they dug, and said to him, “We’ve found water.”

Joshua 7:3

When they returned to Joshua, they reported to him: “Let not all the people go up—only about two or three thousand men need go up and strike Ai, so don’t wear out all the people there, for they are just a few.”

Proverbs 24:30

I passed by the field of the slacker, by the vineyard of one lacking judgment.

Proverbs 24:31

Surprisingly, it was all overgrown with thorns, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have stripped off my coat. How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet. How can I soil them?