Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
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- Prov 10:4 : 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Prov 12:27 : 27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
- Prov 21:25-26 : 25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. 26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
- Prov 22:13 : 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
- Prov 17:2 : 2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
- Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- Gen 49:15 : 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
- 1 Kgs 11:28 : 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
- Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
- 1 Kgs 12:20 : 20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
- 1 Kgs 9:21 : 21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
- Prov 22:29 : 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
- Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
- Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. 14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
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27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
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33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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