Proverbs 20:4

American Standard Version (1901)

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 casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 19:24 : 24 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
  • Prov 24:34 : 34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
  • Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets. 14 [ As] the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed. 15 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
  • Matt 25:3-9 : 3 For the 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 tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.
  • Matt 25:24-28 : 24 And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter; 25 and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own. 26 But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter; 27 thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. 28 Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents.
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in [your] virtue knowledge; 6 and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness; 7 and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. 10 Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble: 11 for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
  • Prov 6:10-11 : 10 [ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 13:4
    78%

    4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    77%

    25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

    26There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

  • Prov 19:15
    77%

    15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

    5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; [But] he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

  • Prov 19:24
    76%

    24The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 6:6-11
    6 verses
    76%

    6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

    7Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,

    8Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

    9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

    10[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

    11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 24:30
    75%

    30I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Prov 26:13-16
    4 verses
    74%

    13The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

    14[ As] the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.

    15The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

    16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

  • Prov 15:19
    73%

    19The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.

  • Prov 12:27
    73%

    27The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men [is to] the diligent.

  • Eccl 11:4
    73%

    4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

  • Prov 28:19
    72%

    19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.

  • Prov 18:9
    72%

    9He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

  • Prov 12:24
    71%

    24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

  • Prov 20:3
    71%

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

  • Eccl 10:18
    71%

    18By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

  • Prov 21:5
    71%

    5The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty [hasteth] only to want.

  • Prov 22:13
    71%

    13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.

  • Prov 12:11
    71%

    11He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] is void of understanding.

  • Ps 129:7
    70%

    7Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    70%

    33[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

    34So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

    1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

    23Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

  • Isa 28:24
    69%

    24Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he [continually] open and harrow his ground?

  • Jer 14:4
    69%

    4Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.

  • Prov 10:26
    69%

    26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

  • Job 24:6
    69%

    6They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.

  • Prov 20:13
    69%

    13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

  • Lev 25:20
    69%

    20And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;

  • Prov 16:26
    69%

    26The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him [thereto] .

  • Matt 25:26
    69%

    26But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter;

  • Prov 22:8
    69%

    8He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

  • Prov 20:5
    68%

    5Counsel in the heart of man is [like] deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
    68%

    6The husbandmen that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.

  • 2 Thess 3:10
    68%

    10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

  • Prov 23:21
    68%

    21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.

  • Deut 24:15
    68%

    15in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

  • Job 20:20
    68%

    20Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

  • Eccl 11:6
    68%

    6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.