Verse 24

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

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:4 : 4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
• Prov 12:27 : 27 The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.
• Prov 21:25-26 : 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 22:13 : 13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"
• Prov 17:2 : 2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
• Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
• Gen 49:15 : 15 He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
• 1 Kgs 11:28 : 28 The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.
• Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
• 1 Kgs 12:20 : 20 It happened, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
• 1 Kgs 9:21 : 21 their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants to this day.
• Prov 22:29 : 29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.
• Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: 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 26:13-16 : 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.