Proverbs 20:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
  • Prov 19:24 : 24 The sluggard has plunged his hand into the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
  • Prov 24:34 : 34 and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”
  • Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!” 14 Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed. 15 The sluggard has plunged his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.
  • Matt 25:3-9 : 3 When the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take extra olive oil with them. 4 But the wise ones took flasks of olive oil with their lamps. 5 When the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. 6 But at midnight there was a shout,‘Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.’ 7 Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise,‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ 9 ‘No,’ they replied.‘There won’t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’ 10 But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.
  • Matt 25:24-28 : 24 Then the one who had received the one talent came and said,‘Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed, 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’ 26 But his master answered,‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter? 27 Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! 28 Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten.
  • 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.
  • Prov 6:10-11 : 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, 11 and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:4
    78%

    4The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    77%

    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 19:15
    77%

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

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    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 19:24
    76%

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

  • Prov 6:6-11
    6 verses
    76%

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

    7It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,

    8yet it would prepare its food in the summer; it gathered at the harvest what it will eat.

    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 24:30
    75%

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

  • Prov 26:13-16
    4 verses
    74%

    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 15:19
    73%

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

  • Prov 12:27
    73%

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

  • Eccl 11:4
    73%

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

  • Prov 28:19
    72%

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

  • Prov 18:9
    72%

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

  • Prov 12:24
    71%

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

  • Prov 20:3
    71%

    3It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.

  • Eccl 10:18
    71%

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

  • Prov 21:5
    71%

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

  • Prov 22:13
    71%

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

  • Prov 12:11
    71%

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

  • Ps 129:7
    70%

    7which cannot fill the reaper’s hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    70%

    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 26:1
    69%

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

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

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

  • Isa 28:24
    69%

    24Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?

  • Jer 14:4
    69%

    4They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

  • Prov 10:26
    69%

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

  • Job 24:6
    69%

    6They reap fodder in the field, and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.

  • Prov 20:13
    69%

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

  • Lev 25:20
    69%

    20If you say,‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow and gather our produce?’

  • Prov 16:26
    69%

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

  • Matt 25:26
    69%

    26But his master answered,‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?

  • Prov 22:8
    69%

    8The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.

  • Prov 20:5
    68%

    5Counsel in a person’s heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
    68%

    6The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

  • 2 Thess 3:10
    68%

    10For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

  • Prov 23:21
    68%

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

  • Deut 24:15
    68%

    15You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  • Job 20:20
    68%

    20For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.

  • Eccl 11:6
    68%

    6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed– whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.