Verse 4

The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:11 : 11 Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but those who chase fantasies lack sense.
  • Prov 12:24 : 24 The diligent hand will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 A generous soul will prosper, and whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
  • Prov 2:2-9 : 2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding, 3 if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, 4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, 5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. 7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, 8 guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of His faithful ones. 9 Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and integrity—the entire good path.
  • Prov 8:34 : 34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the doorposts of my entrances.
  • Prov 26:13 : 13 The lazy person says, 'There is a lion in the road, a lion in the streets!'
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 A greedy person stirs up conflict, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
  • Isa 58:11 : 11 The Lord will guide you continually, and he will satisfy your soul in parched places and strengthen your bones. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
  • John 6:27 : 27 'Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal of approval.'
  • Heb 6:11 : 11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that your hope may be fully realized.
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; to virtue, knowledge; 6 to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; 7 to godliness, brotherly love; and to brotherly love, love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But whoever lacks these qualities is blind and short-sighted, forgetful of the cleansing of their former sins. 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election; for if you do these things, you will never stumble. 11 And in this way, your entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
  • Num 23:10 : 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob or number a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and may my final end be like theirs!
  • Ps 92:14 : 14 Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.