Proverbs 10:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.

Proverbs 10:4 Križne Reference

Genesis 26:32

That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”

Proverbs 10:5

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

Proverbs 11:24

One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Proverbs 12:27

A slothful man will not catch his prey, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard craves, and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 18:9

He who is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 20:13

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but every one 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 labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.”

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.