On that same day Isaac’s servants came to tell him about the well they had dug, saying to him, ‘We have found water! ’
Proverbs 13:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The slacker craves, yet has nothing, but the diligent is fully satisfied. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The appetite of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is abundantly supplied. [Prov. 10:4.] American Standard Version (1901) The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. Common English Bible The lazy have strong desires but receive nothing; the appetite of the diligent is satisfied. Catholic Public Domain Version The lazy one is willing and then not willing. But the soul of he who labors shall be made fat. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The sluggard willeth and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat. |
On that same day Isaac’s servants came to tell him about the well they had dug, saying to him, ‘We have found water! ’
A generous person will be enriched, and the one who gives a drink of water will receive water.
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks sense.
The diligent hand will rule, but laziness will lead to forced labour.
A lazy hunter doesn’t roast his game, but to a diligent person, his wealth is precious.
The one who guards his mouth protects his life; the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
The slacker does not plough during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit, but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.
I went by the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of one lacking sense.
Thistles had come up everywhere, weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was ruined.
The slacker says, ‘There’s a lion in the road – a lion in the public square! ’
A greedy person stirs up conflict, but whoever trusts in the Lord will prosper.
Anyone who listens to me is happy, watching at my doors every day, waiting by the posts of my doorway.
I have taken off my clothing. How can I put it back on? I have washed my feet. How can I get them dirty?
The Lord will always lead you, satisfy you in a parched land, and strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden and like a spring whose water never runs dry.
Who has counted the dust of Jacob or numbered even quarter of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright; let the end of my life be like theirs.
Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal of approval on him.’
Now we desire each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of your hope until the end,
After returning to Joshua they reported to him, ‘Don’t send all the people, but send about two thousand or three thousand men to attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, don’t wear out all our people there.’