Proverbs 20:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 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 10:4 : 4 He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
  • Prov 24:34 : 34 So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
  • Prov 26:13-16 : 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.
  • Matt 25:3-9 : 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them. 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, No, lest there not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut.
  • Matt 25:24-28 : 24 Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground; look, there you have what is yours. 26 But his lord answered and said to him, You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27 Therefore, you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming, I would have received my own with interest. 28 Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
  • 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.
  • Prov 6:10-11 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:4
    78%

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

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    77%

    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 19:15
    77%

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

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    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 19:24
    76%

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

  • Prov 6:6-11
    6 verses
    76%

    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 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 26:13-16
    4 verses
    74%

    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 15:19
    73%

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

  • Prov 12:27
    73%

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

  • Eccl 11:4
    73%

    4 He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

  • Prov 28:19
    72%

    19 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

  • Prov 18:9
    72%

    9 He who is slothful in his work is brother to him who is a great waster.

  • Prov 12:24
    71%

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

  • Prov 20:3
    71%

    3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool will be meddling.

  • Eccl 10:18
    71%

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

  • Prov 21:5
    71%

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

  • Prov 22:13
    71%

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

  • Prov 12:11
    71%

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

  • Ps 129:7
    70%

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

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    70%

    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 26:1
    69%

    1 Like snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

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

  • Isa 28:24
    69%

    24 Does the plowman plow all day to sow? does he open and break the clods of his ground?

  • Jer 14:4
    69%

    4 Because the ground is cracked, for there was no rain on the earth, the farmers were ashamed, they covered their heads.

  • Prov 10:26
    69%

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

  • Job 24:6
    69%

    6 They reap each one his grain in the field and gather the vintage of the wicked.

  • Prov 20:13
    69%

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

  • Lev 25:20
    69%

    20 And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

  • Prov 16:26
    69%

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

  • Matt 25:26
    69%

    26 But his lord answered and said to him, You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.

  • Prov 22:8
    69%

    8 He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  • Prov 20:5
    68%

    5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
    68%

    6 The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.

  • 2 Thess 3:10
    68%

    10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

  • Prov 23:21
    68%

    21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

  • Deut 24:15
    68%

    15 You shall give him his wages on the same day, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it: lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you.

  • Job 20:20
    68%

    20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save anything of what he desired.

  • Eccl 11:6
    68%

    6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both will be equally good.