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 13:4 - English Standard Version 2016 The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied. 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. |
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.”
They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green,
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,
and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!”
A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.
Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.
I had put off my garment; how could I put it on? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?
And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
Who can count the dust of Jacob or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let my end be like his!”
Do not work 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.”
And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,
And they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not make the whole people toil up there, for they are few.”