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%

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

  • Prov 19:15
    79%

    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
    78%

    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 15:19
    78%

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

  • Prov 12:24
    78%

    24 The 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%

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

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

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

    5 He 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%

    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.

  • Prov 19:24
    76%

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

  • Prov 22:13
    75%

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

  • Prov 18:9
    75%

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

  • Prov 21:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

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

  • Prov 12:28
    74%

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

  • Eccl 10:18
    73%

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

  • Prov 20:4
    73%

    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 6:9
    72%

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

  • Prov 24:30
    72%

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

  • Prov 12:26
    72%

    26 The 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%

    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 13:11
    72%

    11 Wealth 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%

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

  • Prov 12:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

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

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

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

  • Luke 12:21
    71%

    21 So 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%

    15 Do 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%

    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 13:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22 The 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.

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

  • Jer 17:11
    71%

    11 Like 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%

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

  • Prov 16:26
    71%

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

  • Prov 21:20
    71%

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

  • Prov 6:30
    70%

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

  • Prov 10:16
    70%

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

  • Prov 1:19
    70%

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

  • Prov 10:26
    70%

    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 1:17
    70%

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

  • Ps 37:16
    70%

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

  • Prov 27:23
    70%

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

  • Prov 24:33
    69%

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

  • Eccl 5:12
    69%

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