Proverbs 10:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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  • Prov 21:5 : 5 The thoughts of the diligent lead only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to poverty.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 The sluggard will not plow because of the cold; therefore he shall beg during harvest, and have nothing.
  • Prov 12:24 : 24 The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 19:24 : 24 A slothful man hides his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
  • Prov 6:6-9 : 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provides her food in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. 9 How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall your poverty come upon you like a traveler, and your need like an armed man.
  • Prov 11:24 : 24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases; and there is one who withholds more than is right, and it leads to poverty.
  • Prov 20:13 : 13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
  • 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, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns, its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. 34 So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
  • Eccl 10:18 : 18 By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
  • Heb 6:11-12 : 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 That you not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • 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 self-control; and to self-control patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are in you and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But he who lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. 10 Therefore, brethren, be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 12:24
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    24 The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.

  • Prov 13:4
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    4 The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

  • Prov 13:11
    78%

    11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

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

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

    20 A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • Prov 19:15
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    15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 12:27
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    27 The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, but diligence is a man's precious possession.

  • Prov 21:25-26
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    25 The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

    26 He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 10:5
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    5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

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

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

  • Prov 20:4
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    4 The sluggard will not plow because of the cold; therefore he shall beg during harvest, and have nothing.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7 There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases; and there is one who withholds more than is right, and it leads to poverty.

  • Eccl 5:14
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    14 But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

  • Prov 10:15-16
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    15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

    16 The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 14:23
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    23 In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22 The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4 Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.

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

  • Prov 28:8
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    8 He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22 He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Prov 10:3
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    3 The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish, but He casts away the substance of the wicked.

  • Prov 26:15
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    15 The lazy man hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 6:10-11
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    10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

    11 So shall your poverty come upon you like a traveler, and your need like an armed man.

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

    34 So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack of judgment.

  • Eccl 4:5-6
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    5 The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.

    6 Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28 He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Eccl 5:12
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    12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

  • Prov 22:29
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    29 Do you see a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7 With which the mower does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19 The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.

  • Luke 12:21
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    21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  • Prov 12:11
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    11 He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31 He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26 He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.

  • Ps 128:2
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    2 For you shall eat the labor of your hands; happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.

  • Prov 5:10
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    10 Lest strangers be filled with your wealth, and your labors be in the house of a stranger;

  • Prov 20:13
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    13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 21:17
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    17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.