Proverbs 12:27

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The lazy do not roast their game, but diligent people prize their possessions.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
  • Prov 15:16 : 16 Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and turmoil with it.
  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better a little with righteousness than great income with injustice.
  • Prov 23:2 : 2 Place a knife to your throat if you are a person given to appetite.
  • Prov 26:15 : 15 The lazy person buries their hand in the dish and is too weary to bring it back to their mouth.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:4
    79%

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

  • Prov 19:15
    79%

    15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    78%

    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 15:19
    78%

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

  • Prov 12:24
    78%

    24The diligent hand will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

  • Prov 10:2-5
    4 verses
    77%

    2Treasures gained through wickedness bring no benefit, but righteousness rescues from death.

    3The LORD will not let the righteous go hungry, but He thrusts aside the craving of the wicked.

    4Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

    5The one who gathers during summer is a prudent son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

  • Prov 26:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    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.

    16The lazy person is wiser in their own eyes than seven people who answer sensibly.

  • Prov 19:24
    76%

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

  • Prov 22:13
    75%

    13The lazy person says, 'There's a lion outside! I might be killed in the streets!'

  • Prov 18:9
    75%

    9A lazy person in his work is a brother to a destroyer.

  • Prov 21:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

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

    6The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a trap of death.

  • Prov 12:28
    74%

    28In the path of righteousness is life, and its pathway leads to immortality.

  • Eccl 10:18
    73%

    18Because of laziness, the roof sinks, and through idle hands, the house leaks.

  • Prov 20:4
    73%

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

  • Prov 6:9
    72%

    9How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

  • Prov 24:30
    72%

    30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one lacking sense.

  • Prov 12:26
    72%

    26The righteous choose their companions wisely, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but the one who chases worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

    20A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 13:11
    72%

    11Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • Prov 6:6
    72%

    6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise.

  • Prov 12:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.

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

    12The wicked desire the plunder of evildoers, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • Luke 12:21
    71%

    21So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • Prov 22:29
    71%

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

  • Prov 13:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22A good person leaves an inheritance for their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.

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

  • Jer 17:11
    71%

    11Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay, so is one who gains wealth by unjust means. In the middle of his life, it will desert him, and in the end, he will prove to be a fool.

  • Prov 27:12
    71%

    12The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

  • Prov 16:26
    71%

    26The laborer’s appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on.

  • Prov 21:20
    71%

    20Valuable treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person swallows them up.

  • Prov 6:30
    70%

    30Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

  • Prov 10:16
    70%

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

  • Prov 1:19
    70%

    19Such are the ways of everyone who gains unjust profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Prov 10:26
    70%

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

  • Prov 1:17
    70%

    17Surely in vain is the net spread in sight of any bird,

  • Ps 37:16
    70%

    16Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Prov 27:23
    70%

    23Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.

  • Prov 24:33
    69%

    33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

  • Eccl 5:12
    69%

    12I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners.