Proverbs 13:4

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

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  • Prov 12:11 : 11 Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but those who chase fantasies lack sense.
  • Prov 12:24 : 24 The diligent hand will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 A generous soul will prosper, and whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
  • Prov 2:2-9 : 2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding, 3 if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, 4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, 5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. 7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, 8 guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of His faithful ones. 9 Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and integrity—the entire good path.
  • Prov 8:34 : 34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the doorposts of my entrances.
  • Prov 26:13 : 13 The lazy person says, 'There is a lion in the road, a lion in the streets!'
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 A greedy person stirs up conflict, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
  • Isa 58:11 : 11 The Lord will guide you continually, and he will satisfy your soul in parched places and strengthen your bones. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
  • John 6:27 : 27 'Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal of approval.'
  • Heb 6:11 : 11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that your hope may be fully realized.
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; to virtue, knowledge; 6 to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; 7 to godliness, brotherly love; and to brotherly love, love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But whoever lacks these qualities is blind and short-sighted, forgetful of the cleansing of their former sins. 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election; for if you do these things, you will never stumble. 11 And in this way, your entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
  • Num 23:10 : 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob or number a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and may my final end be like theirs!
  • Ps 92:14 : 14 Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

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%

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

    16The one who keeps the commandment preserves their soul, but whoever despises their ways will die.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    83%

    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 10:3-5
    3 verses
    80%

    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 12:27
    79%

    27The lazy do not roast their game, but diligent people prize their possessions.

  • Prov 20:4
    78%

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

  • Prov 12:24
    78%

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

  • Prov 21:5
    76%

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

  • 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
    75%

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

  • Prov 18:9
    75%

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

  • Prov 15:19
    74%

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

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    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—

    11and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

  • Prov 13:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

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

    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

  • Prov 16:26
    73%

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

  • Prov 13:25
    73%

    25The righteous eat to their heart's content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.

  • Prov 22:13
    73%

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

  • Eccl 10:18
    72%

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

  • Prov 13:7
    72%

    7One pretends to be rich yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor yet has great wealth.

  • 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 10:26
    71%

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

  • Prov 20:13
    71%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

  • Prov 23:21
    71%

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

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    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 12:11
    71%

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

  • Prov 24:30
    70%

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

  • Prov 13:23
    70%

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

  • Prov 13:19
    70%

    19A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.

  • Prov 14:23
    70%

    23In all hard work there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

  • Eccl 5:12
    70%

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

  • Eccl 6:7
    70%

    7All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

  • Prov 6:6
    70%

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

  • Prov 28:25
    70%

    25A greedy person stirs up conflict, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

  • Prov 28:22
    69%

    22A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

  • Eccl 4:5
    69%

    5The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.

  • Luke 12:21
    69%

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

  • Prov 10:16
    69%

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

  • Prov 22:16
    68%

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

  • Prov 11:24
    68%

    24One person gives freely and gains even more; another withholds what is right and comes to poverty.