Proverbs 13:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:11 : 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 12:24 : 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 10:4 : 4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.
  • Prov 2:2-9 : 2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge; 3 Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; 4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth; 5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours. 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason: 7 He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil; 8 He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him. 9 Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.
  • Prov 8:34 : 34 Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.
  • Prov 26:13 : 13 The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.
  • Isa 58:11 : 11 And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.
  • Heb 6:11 : 11 And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue, 6 And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind, 7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself. 8 For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins. 10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall: 11 For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
  • Num 23:10 : 10 Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his!
  • Ps 92:14 : 14 They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 19:15-16
    2 verses
    83%

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

    16 He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    83%

    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 10:3-5
    3 verses
    80%

    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 12:27
    79%

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

  • Prov 20:4
    78%

    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 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 21:5
    76%

    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.

  • 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
    75%

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

  • Prov 18:9
    75%

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

  • 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 6:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    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:

    11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

  • Prov 13:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

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

    12 Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

  • Prov 16:26
    73%

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

  • Prov 13:25
    73%

    25 The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

  • Prov 22:13
    73%

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

  • Eccl 10:18
    72%

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

  • Prov 13:7
    72%

    7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

  • 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 10:26
    71%

    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 20:13
    71%

    13 Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

  • Prov 23:21
    71%

    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 24:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    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 12:11
    71%

    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 24:30
    70%

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

  • Prov 13:23
    70%

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

  • Prov 13:19
    70%

    19 To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.

  • Prov 14:23
    70%

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

  • Eccl 5:12
    70%

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

  • Eccl 6:7
    70%

    7 All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

  • Prov 6:6
    70%

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

  • Prov 28:25
    70%

    25 He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

  • Prov 28:22
    69%

    22 He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

  • Eccl 4:5
    69%

    5 The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.

  • Luke 12:21
    69%

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

  • Prov 10:16
    69%

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

  • Prov 22:16
    68%

    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 11:24
    68%

    24 A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.