Proverbs 12:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:4
    81%

    4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

  • Prov 12:27
    78%

    27 He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.

  • Prov 13:4
    78%

    4 The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

  • Prov 19:24
    78%

    24 The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 19:15
    77%

    15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    77%

    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 26:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Eccl 10:18
    76%

    18 When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.

  • Prov 12:25
    74%

    25 Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

  • Prov 15:19
    74%

    19 Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

  • Prov 18:9
    73%

    9 He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    73%

    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 24:30
    73%

    30 I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

  • Luke 12:44
    72%

    44 Truly I say to you, he will put him in control of all his goods.

  • Prov 12:23
    72%

    23 A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 21:5
    72%

    5 The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

  • Matt 24:47
    72%

    47 Truly, I say to you, he will put him over all he has.

  • Prov 20:4
    71%

    4 The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

  • Prov 11:29
    71%

    29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Prov 22:29
    71%

    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 22:7
    71%

    7 The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

  • Prov 6:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9 How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

    10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

  • Prov 13:11
    71%

    11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

  • Prov 14:23-24
    2 verses
    70%

    23 In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

    24 Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

  • Prov 17:2
    70%

    2 A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.

  • Rom 12:11
    70%

    11 Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

  • Prov 6:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6 Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

    7 Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

  • Eccl 4:6
    69%

    6 One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19 By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

    20 A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

  • Prov 12:11
    69%

    11 He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

  • Prov 12:14
    69%

    14 From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

  • Prov 29:21
    69%

    21 If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.

  • Prov 22:13
    69%

    13 The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

  • Prov 22:16
    69%

    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Prov 23:21
    69%

    21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.

  • Prov 16:26
    69%

    26 The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.

  • Prov 10:26
    69%

    26 Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.

  • Prov 10:16
    68%

    16 The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 19:10
    68%

    10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

  • Prov 13:23
    68%

    23 There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

  • Ps 129:7
    68%

    7 He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

  • Luke 12:47
    68%

    47 And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;