Proverbs 13:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:11 : 11 ¶ He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
  • Prov 12:24 : 24 ¶ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 ¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 ¶ The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
  • Prov 2:2-9 : 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding. 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly. 8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. 9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.
  • Prov 8:34 : 34 Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
  • Prov 26:13 : 13 ¶ The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 ¶ He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
  • Isa 58:11 : 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
  • John 6:27 : 27 ‹Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.›
  • Heb 6:11 : 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 ¶ And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make [you that ye shall] neither [be] barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: 11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
  • Num 23:10 : 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
  • Ps 92:14 : 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

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    15¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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  • Prov 21:25-26
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    25¶ The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

    26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

  • Prov 10:3-5
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    3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

    4¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

    5¶ He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.

  • Prov 12:27
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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.

  • Prov 20:4
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    4¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.

  • Prov 12:24
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    24¶ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

  • Prov 21:5
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    5¶ The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.

  • Prov 26:13-16
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    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.

  • Prov 19:24
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    24¶ A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 18:9
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    9¶ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19¶ The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.

  • Prov 6:9-11
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    9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

    10[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

    11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 13:11-12
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    74%

    11¶ Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

    12¶ Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.

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    26¶ He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25¶ The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

  • Prov 22:13
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    13¶ The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7¶ There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19¶ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.

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    26¶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.

  • Prov 20:13
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    13¶ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 23:21
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    21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.

  • Prov 24:33-34
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    33[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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  • Prov 12:11
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    11¶ He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.

  • Prov 24:30
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    30¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Prov 13:23
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    23¶ Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.

  • Prov 13:19
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    19¶ The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.

  • Prov 14:23
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    23¶ In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.

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    12The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7¶ All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

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    6¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

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    25¶ He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

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    22¶ He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Eccl 4:5
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    5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

  • Luke 12:21
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    21‹So› [is] ‹he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.›

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    16¶ The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

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    16¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24¶ There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.