A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 20:4 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; Therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The sluggard does not plow when winter sets in; therefore he begs in harvest and has nothing. American Standard Version (1901) The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. Common English Bible The lazy don’t plow during winter; at harvest they look but find nothing. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him. |
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.
The lazy person buries a hand in the dish, and will not even bring it back to the mouth.
The purposes in the human mind are like deep water, but the intelligent will draw them out.
The craving of the lazy person is fatal, for lazy hands refuse to labor.
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.
Whoever observes the wind will not sow; and whoever regards the clouds will not reap.