Proverbs 13:4

World English Bible (2000)

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
  • Prov 12:24 : 24 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
  • Prov 11:25 : 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.
  • Prov 2:2-9 : 2 So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you call out for discernment, 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 Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God. 6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. 7 He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity; 8 that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints. 9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
  • Prov 8:34 : 34 Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
  • Prov 26:13 : 13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.
  • Isa 58:11 : 11 and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don't fail.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
  • Heb 6:11 : 11 We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; 6 and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience godliness; 7 and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. 10 Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble. 11 For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
  • 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 righteous! Let my last end be like his!"
  • Ps 92:14 : 14 They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,

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

    16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

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

    26 There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

  • Prov 10:3-5
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    3 Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

    4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

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

  • Prov 12:27
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    27 The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

  • Prov 20:4
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    4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

  • Prov 12:24
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    24 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

  • Prov 21:5
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    5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

  • Prov 26:13-16
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    13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

    14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

    15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

    16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

  • Prov 19:24
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    24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 18:9
    75%

    9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

  • Prov 15:19
    74%

    19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

  • Prov 6:9-11
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    74%

    9 How long will you sleep, 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 your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

  • Prov 13:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

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

  • Prov 16:26
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    26 The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

  • Prov 13:25
    73%

    25 The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

  • Prov 22:13
    73%

    13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7 There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

    20 A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

  • 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 Don't 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 become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in 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 your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

  • Prov 12:11
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    11 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

  • Prov 24:30
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    30 I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Prov 13:23
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    23 An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

  • Prov 13:19
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    19 Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.

  • Prov 14:23
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    23 In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips 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 the appetite is not filled.

  • 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 One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

  • Prov 28:22
    69%

    22 A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

  • Eccl 4:5
    69%

    5 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

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

  • Prov 10:16
    69%

    16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 22:16
    68%

    16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.