Proverbs 10:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ He becomes poor who works with a slack and idle hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Common English Bible

⁴ Laziness brings poverty; hard work makes one rich.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ The neglectful hand has wrought destitution. But the hand of the steadfast prepares riches. He who advances by lies, this one feeds on the wind. For he is the same as one who runs after flying birds.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds that fly away.

Proverbs 10:4 Références croisées

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!”

Proverbs 10:5

A child who gathers in summer is prudent, but a child who sleeps in harvest brings shame.

Proverbs 11:24

Some give freely yet grow all the richer; others withhold what is due and only suffer want.

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 13:4

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

Proverbs 18:9

One who is slack in work is close kin to a vandal.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

The lazy person buries a hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to the mouth.

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

Proverbs 20:4

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

Proverbs 21:5

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

Ecclesiastes 10:18

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

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.”

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.