Proverbs 13:4

Webster's Bible (1833)

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,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble. 11 For thus will be richly supplied to you 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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    15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

    16He 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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    25The desire of the sluggard kills him, For his hands refuse to labor.

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

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

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

    5He 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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    27The slothful man doesn't roast his game, But the possessions of diligent men are prized.

  • Prov 20:4
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    4The 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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    24The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, But laziness ends in slave labor.

  • Prov 21:5
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    5The 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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    13The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 18:9
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    9One who is slack in his work Is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19The 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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    9How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

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

    11So your poverty will come as a robber, And your scarcity as an armed man.

  • Prov 13:11-12
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    11Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, But he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

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

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

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, But the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

  • Prov 22:13
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    13The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

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

  • Prov 13:7
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    7There 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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    19One who works his land will have an abundance of food; But one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

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

  • Prov 10:26
    71%

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

  • Prov 20:13
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    13Don'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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    21For the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; And drowsiness clothes them in rags.

  • Prov 24:33-34
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    33A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

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

  • Prov 12:11
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    11He 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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    30I went by the field of the sluggard, By the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

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

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

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    23In all hard work there is profit, But the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

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    12The 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
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    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Prov 6:6
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    6Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

  • Prov 28:25
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    25One who is greedy stirs up strife; But one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22A stingy man hurries after riches, And doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

  • Eccl 4:5
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    5The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

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

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, Both come to poverty.

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