Proverbs 12:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
  • Prov 15:16 : 16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
  • Prov 23:2 : 2 And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
  • Prov 26:15 : 15 The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:4
    79%

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

  • Prov 19:15
    79%

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

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    78%

    25The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

    26All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

  • Prov 15:19
    78%

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

  • Prov 12:24
    78%

    24The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.

  • Prov 10:2-5
    4 verses
    77%

    2Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

    3The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

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

    5He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.

  • Prov 26:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

    14A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.

    15The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.

    16The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

  • Prov 19:24
    76%

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

  • Prov 22:13
    75%

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

  • Prov 18:9
    75%

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

  • Prov 21:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5The 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.

    6He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.

  • Prov 12:28
    74%

    28In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

  • Eccl 10:18
    73%

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

  • Prov 20:4
    73%

    4The 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 6:9
    72%

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

  • Prov 24:30
    72%

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

  • Prov 12:26
    72%

    26The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • Prov 13:11
    72%

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

  • Prov 6:6
    72%

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

  • Prov 12:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.

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

    12The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

  • Luke 12:21
    71%

    21So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 22:29
    71%

    29Have 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 13:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

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

  • Jer 17:11
    71%

    11Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

  • Prov 27:12
    71%

    12The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

  • Prov 16:26
    71%

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

  • Prov 21:20
    71%

    20There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

  • Prov 6:30
    70%

    30Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

  • Prov 10:16
    70%

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

  • Prov 1:19
    70%

    19Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Prov 10:26
    70%

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

  • Prov 1:17
    70%

    17Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

  • Ps 37:16
    70%

    16The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

  • Prov 27:23
    70%

    23Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

  • Prov 24:33
    69%

    33A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

  • Eccl 5:12
    69%

    12There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.