Verse 4

An idle hande maketh poore: but a quicke labouring hande maketh riche.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 21:5 : 5 The deuises of one that is diligent, bring plenteousnesse: but he that is vnaduised, commeth vnto pouertie.
• Prov 13:4 : 4 The sluggarde woulde fayne haue and can not get his desire: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.
• Prov 20:4 : 4 A slouthfull body wyll not go to plow for colde of the winter: therefore shall he begge in sommer, and haue nothing.
• Prov 12:24 : 24 A diligent hande shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute.
• Prov 19:15 : 15 Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger.
• Prov 19:24 : 24 A slouthfull man shutteth his hande into his bosome, and wyll not take payne to put it to his mouth.
• Prov 6:6-9 : 6 Go to the emmet thou sluggarde, consider her wayes, and learne to be wyse: 7 She hath no guyde, nor ouerseer, nor ruler, 8 Yet in the sommer she prouideth her meate, and gathereth her foode together in the haruest. 9 Howe long wylt thou sleepe thou sluggishe man? When wylt thou aryse out of thy sleepe? 10 Yea, sleepe on still a litle, slumber a litle, folde thyne handes together yet a litle that thou mayest sleepe: 11 So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie like a weaponed man.
• Prov 11:24 : 24 Some man geueth out his goodes and is the richer: but the niggarde hauyng inough, wyll depart from nothyng, and yet is euer in pouertie.
• Prov 20:13 : 13 Loue not sleepe, lest thou come vnto pouertie: but open thyne eyes, that thou mayest haue bread inough.
• Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the foolishe man: 31 And lo, it was all couered with nettles, and stoode full of thornes, and the stone wall was broken downe. 32 This I sawe, and considered it well: I looked vpon it, and toke it for a warning. 33 Yea sleepe on styll I say a litle, slumber a litle, folde thy handes together yet a litle: 34 So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man.
• Eccl 10:18 : 18 Thorowe slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, and thorowe idle handes it rayneth in at the house.
• John 6:27 : 27 Labour not for the meate whiche perisheth, but for that whiche endureth vnto euerlastyng lyfe, which meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you: For hym hath God the father sealed.
• 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therfore my beloued brethren, be ye stedfast, vnmouable, alwayes riche in the worke of the Lorde, forasmuch as ye knowe that your labour is not in vayne in the Lorde.
• Heb 6:11-12 : 11 Yea and we desire that euery one of you do shewe the same diligence, to the full assuraunce of hope, vnto the ende, 12 That ye faynt not, but be folowers of them which through fayth and pacience inherite the promises.
• 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 And herevnto geue all diligence: in your fayth minister vertue, in vertue knowledge, 6 In knowledge temperaunce, in temperaunce pacience, in pacience godlynesse, 7 In godlynesse brotherly kyndnesse, in brotherly kyndnesse loue. 8 For yf these thynges be among you, and be plenteous, they wyll make you that ye neither shalbe idle nor vnfruitefull in the knowledge of our Lorde Iesus Christe. 9 But he that lacketh these thynges, is blynde, and can not see farre of, & hath forgotten that he was purged from his olde sinnes. 10 Wherfore brethren, geue the more diligence for to make your callyng and election sure: For yf ye do such thynges, ye shall neuer fall.