Verse 24

The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:4 : 4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
• Prov 12:27 : 27 He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.
• Prov 21:25-26 : 25 The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work. 26 All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.
• Prov 22:13 : 13 The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
• Prov 17:2 : 2 A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.
• Prov 19:15 : 15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
• Gen 49:15 : 15 And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.
• 1 Kgs 11:28 : 28 And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man; and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.
• Prov 13:4 : 4 The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
• 1 Kgs 12:20 : 20 Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.
• 1 Kgs 9:21 : 21 Their children who were still in the land, and whom the children of Israel had not been able to put to complete destruction, them did Solomon put to forced work, to this day.
• Prov 22:29 : 29 Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.
• Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense; 31 And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it. 33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: 34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
• Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. 14 A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed. 15 The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him. 16 The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.