Proverbs 13:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

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  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.
  • Prov 12:24 : 24 The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 The generous soul shall be made rich, and he who waters shall be watered also himself.
  • Prov 2:2-9 : 2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you cry out for knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding; 4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her 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 lays up sound wisdom for the righteous; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. 8 He guards the paths of justice and preserves the way of His saints. 9 Then you will understand righteousness and judgment and equity; yes, every good path.
  • Prov 8:34 : 34 Blessed is the one who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
  • Prov 26:13 : 13 The lazy man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in the LORD shall be made prosperous.
  • Isa 58:11 : 11 And the LORD shall guide you continually and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
  • 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.
  • Heb 6:11 : 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until 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 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: 11 For so an entrance will be provided to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
  • Num 23:10 : 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of one-fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!
  • Ps 92:14 : 14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and flourishing,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 19:15-16
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    15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

    16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he who despises his ways shall die.

  • Prov 21:25-26
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    83%

    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 10:3-5
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    80%

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 21:5
    76%

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

  • Prov 26:13-16
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    13 The lazy man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

    14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy one turn upon his bed.

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

    16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give an answer.

  • Prov 19:24
    75%

    24 A slothful man hides 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 who is slothful in his work is brother to him who is a great waster.

  • Prov 15:19
    74%

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

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    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 13:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

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

    12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

  • Prov 16:26
    73%

    26 He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.

  • Prov 13:25
    73%

    25 The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.

  • Prov 22:13
    73%

    13 The slothful man says, 'There is a lion outside; I shall be slain in the streets.'

  • Eccl 10:18
    72%

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

  • Prov 13:7
    72%

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

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    72%

    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 10:26
    71%

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

  • Prov 20:13
    71%

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

  • Prov 23:21
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    21 For 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 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 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 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
    70%

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

  • Prov 13:19
    70%

    19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

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

  • Eccl 5:12
    70%

    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.

  • Eccl 6:7
    70%

    7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

  • Prov 6:6
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    6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

  • Prov 28:25
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    25 He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in the LORD shall be made prosperous.

  • Prov 28:22
    69%

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

  • Eccl 4:5
    69%

    5 The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.

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

  • Prov 10:16
    69%

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

  • Prov 22:16
    68%

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

  • 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.