Proverbs 20:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
  • Prov 19:24 : 24 The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
  • 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 24:34 : 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.
  • Matt 25:3-9 : 3 For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them. 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights. 5 Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep. 6 But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him. 7 Then all those virgins got up, and made ready their lights. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out. 9 But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves. 10 And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.
  • Matt 25:24-28 : 24 And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work: 25 And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours. 26 But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work, 27 Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest? 28 Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents.
  • 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.
  • Prov 6:10-11 : 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

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 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 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 19:15
    77%

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

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    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 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 6:6-11
    6 verses
    76%

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

    7 Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

    8 She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.

    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 24:30
    75%

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

  • Prov 26:13-16
    4 verses
    74%

    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 15:19
    73%

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

  • Prov 12:27
    73%

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

  • Eccl 11:4
    73%

    4 He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.

  • Prov 28:19
    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.

  • Prov 18:9
    72%

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

  • Prov 12:24
    71%

    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 20:3
    71%

    3 It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

  • Eccl 10:18
    71%

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

  • Prov 21:5
    71%

    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 22:13
    71%

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

  • 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.

  • Ps 129:7
    70%

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

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    70%

    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 26:1
    69%

    1 Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

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

  • Isa 28:24
    69%

    24 Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed?

  • Jer 14:4
    69%

    4 Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.

  • 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.

  • Job 24:6
    69%

    6 They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.

  • Prov 20:13
    69%

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

  • Lev 25:20
    69%

    20 And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or get in the increase

  • Prov 16:26
    69%

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

  • Matt 25:26
    69%

    26 But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

  • Prov 22:8
    69%

    8 By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

  • Prov 20:5
    68%

    5 The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
    68%

    6 It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.

  • 2 Thess 3:10
    68%

    10 For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

  • Prov 23:21
    68%

    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.

  • Deut 24:15
    68%

    15 Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.

  • Job 20:20
    68%

    20 There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

  • Eccl 11:6
    68%

    6 In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.