Proverbs 13:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:11 : 11 The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.
  • Prov 12:24 : 24 The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labor.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.
  • Prov 2:2-9 : 2 by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding, 3 indeed, if you call out for discernment– shout loudly for understanding– 4 if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure, 5 then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God. 6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. 7 He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity, 8 to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones. 9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity– every good way.
  • Prov 8:34 : 34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.
  • Prov 26:13 : 13 The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
  • Isa 58:11 : 11 The LORD will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life– the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”
  • Heb 6:11 : 11 But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge; 6 to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; 7 to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love. 8 For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately. 9 But concerning the one who lacks such things– he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins. 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to be sure of your calling and election. For by doing this you will never stumble into sin. 11 For thus an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be richly provided for you.
  • Num 23:10 : 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let the end of my life be like theirs.”
  • Ps 92:14 : 14 They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 19:15-16
    2 verses
    83%

    15Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

    16The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    83%

    25What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands have refused to work.

    26All day long he has craved greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 10:3-5
    3 verses
    80%

    3The LORD satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

    4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

    5The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a shameful son.

  • Prov 12:27
    79%

    27The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

  • Prov 20:4
    78%

    4The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he asks for grain but has nothing.

  • Prov 12:24
    78%

    24The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labor.

  • Prov 21:5
    76%

    5The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

  • Prov 26:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”

    14Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.

    15The sluggard has plunged his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

    16The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.

  • Prov 19:24
    75%

    24The sluggard has plunged his hand into the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

  • Prov 18:9
    75%

    9The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

  • Prov 15:19
    74%

    19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    9How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,

    11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

  • Prov 13:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

  • Prov 16:26
    73%

    26A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.

  • Prov 13:25
    73%

    25The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked will be empty.

  • Prov 22:13
    73%

    13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”

  • Eccl 10:18
    72%

    18Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 13:7
    72%

    7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 10:26
    71%

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

  • Prov 20:13
    71%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

  • Prov 23:21
    71%

    21because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,

    34and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”

  • Prov 12:11
    71%

    11The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.

  • Prov 24:30
    70%

    30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks sense.

  • Prov 13:23
    70%

    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Prov 13:19
    70%

    19A desire fulfilled will be sweet to the soul, but fools abhor turning away from evil.

  • Prov 14:23
    70%

    23In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

  • Eccl 5:12
    70%

    12The sleep of the laborer is pleasant– whether he eats little or much– but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

  • Eccl 6:7
    70%

    7All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach– yet his appetite is never satisfied!

  • Prov 6:6
    70%

    6Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!

  • Prov 28:25
    70%

    25The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

  • Prov 28:22
    69%

    22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

  • Eccl 4:5
    69%

    5The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.

  • Luke 12:21
    69%

    21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

  • Prov 10:16
    69%

    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Prov 22:16
    68%

    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 11:24
    68%

    24One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.