Proverbs 20:4

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 19:24 : 24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
  • Prov 24:34 : 34 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
  • Prov 26:13-16 : 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.
  • Matt 25:3-9 : 3 Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!' 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' 9 But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.' 10 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.
  • Matt 25:24-28 : 24 "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. 25 I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.' 26 "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter. 27 You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest. 28 Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.
  • 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.
  • Prov 6:10-11 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:4
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    4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    77%

    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 19:15
    77%

    15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 10:4-5
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    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 19:24
    76%

    24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he 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 chief, overseer, or ruler,

    8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

    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 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 26:13-16
    4 verses
    74%

    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 15:19
    73%

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

  • Prov 12:27
    73%

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

  • Eccl 11:4
    73%

    4 He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't reap.

  • Prov 28:19
    72%

    19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

  • Prov 18:9
    72%

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

  • Prov 12:24
    71%

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

  • Prov 20:3
    71%

    3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.

  • Eccl 10:18
    71%

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

  • Prov 21:5
    71%

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

  • Prov 22:13
    71%

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

  • Prov 12:11
    71%

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

  • Ps 129:7
    70%

    7 with which the reaper doesn't 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 your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

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

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

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

  • Isa 28:24
    69%

    24 Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?

  • Jer 14:4
    69%

    4 Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover 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 cut their provender in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.

  • Prov 20:13
    69%

    13 Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

  • Lev 25:20
    69%

    20 If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"

  • Prov 16:26
    69%

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

  • Matt 25:26
    69%

    26 "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.

  • Prov 22:8
    69%

    8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

  • 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 farmers who labor must be the first to get a share 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 let him eat."

  • Prov 23:21
    68%

    21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

  • Deut 24:15
    68%

    15 in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.

  • Job 20:20
    68%

    20 "Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.

  • Eccl 11:6
    68%

    6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold your hand; for you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.