Proverbs 12:24

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The diligent hand will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:4 : 4 Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
  • Prov 12:27 : 27 The lazy do not roast their game, but diligent people prize their possessions.
  • Prov 21:25-26 : 25 The desire of the lazy person kills them, for their hands refuse to work. 26 All day long they crave and crave, but the righteous give and do not hold back.
  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The lazy person says, 'There's a lion outside! I might be killed in the streets!'
  • Prov 17:2 : 2 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share in the inheritance among the brothers.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.
  • Gen 49:15 : 15 'When he sees how good his resting place is, and how pleasant the land is, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor.'
  • 1 Kgs 11:28 : 28 Jeroboam was a capable man, and when Solomon saw how well the young man did his work, he appointed him over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
  • 1 Kgs 12:20 : 20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent for him and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.
  • 1 Kgs 9:21 : 21 their descendants who remained in the land, because the Israelites were not able to destroy them completely—Solomon conscripted them for forced labor, as they are to this day.
  • Prov 22:29 : 29 Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before obscure people.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one lacking sense. 31 Thorns had grown all over it, the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 I observed and took it to heart; I saw it and received instruction. 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.
  • Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The lazy person says, 'There is a lion in the road, a lion in the streets!' 14 As a door turns on its hinges, so a lazy person turns on their bed. 15 The lazy person buries their hand in the dish and is too weary to bring it back to their mouth. 16 The lazy person is wiser in their own eyes than seven people who answer sensibly.

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  • Prov 10:4
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    4Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

  • Prov 12:27
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    27The lazy do not roast their game, but diligent people prize their possessions.

  • Prov 13:4
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    4The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

  • Prov 19:24
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    24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish but will not even bring it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 19:15
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    15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

  • Prov 21:25-26
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    25The desire of the lazy person kills them, for their hands refuse to work.

    26All day long they crave and crave, but the righteous give and do not hold back.

  • Prov 26:13-15
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    13The lazy person says, 'There is a lion in the road, a lion in the streets!'

    14As a door turns on its hinges, so a lazy person turns on their bed.

    15The lazy person buries their hand in the dish and is too weary to bring it back to their mouth.

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18Because of laziness, the roof sinks, and through idle hands, the house leaks.

  • Prov 12:25
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    25Anxiety in a person's heart weighs them down, but a kind word cheers them up.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19The path of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the upright is smooth.

  • Prov 18:9
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    9A lazy person in his work is a brother to a destroyer.

  • Prov 24:33-34
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    33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

    34and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.

  • Prov 24:30
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    30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one lacking sense.

  • Luke 12:44
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    44Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent person conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

  • Prov 21:5
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    5The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

  • Matt 24:47
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    47Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

  • Prov 20:4
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    4The sluggard does not plow in the winter; at harvest time he looks for something, but finds nothing.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 22:29
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    29Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before obscure people.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Prov 6:9-10
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    9How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • Prov 14:23-24
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    23In all hard work there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

    24The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields only folly.

  • Prov 17:2
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    2A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share in the inheritance among the brothers.

  • Rom 12:11
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    11Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord with a fervent spirit.

  • Prov 6:6-7
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    6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise.

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    6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but the one who chases worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

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    11Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but those who chase fantasies lack sense.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14From the fruit of their lips, people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.

  • Prov 29:21
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    21If a servant is pampered from youth, in the end he will cause grief.

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  • Prov 22:16
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    16One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

  • Prov 23:21
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    21For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26The laborer’s appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on.

  • Prov 10:26
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    26Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to those who send him.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The wages of the righteous lead to life, but the income of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Luxury is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23An abundance of food may come from the land of the poor, but it is sometimes swept away for lack of justice.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his arms.

  • Luke 12:47
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    47That servant who knew his master’s will and did not prepare or act according to his will, will be beaten with many blows.