He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
Proverbs 20:13 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you will be satisfied with bread. American Standard Version (1901) Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. Common English Bible Don’t love sleep or you will be poor; stay alert and you will have plenty to eat. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread. |
He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
*It's no good, it's no good,* says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.
So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, *What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won't perish.*
Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
Therefore he says, *Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Messiah will shine on you.*
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: *If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.*