Proverbs 20:4

Foolproof Instructions

³ Keeping away from strife is an honor for a man,
But any fool will quarrel.
⁴ The sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.
⁵ A plan in the heart of a man is like deep water,
But a man of understanding draws it out.

Lazy Man

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness casts into a deep sleep,
And an idle man will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 10:4

Poor is he who works with a negligent hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,
But will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 6:10-11

“A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest”—

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Proverbs 24:34

Then your poverty will come as a robber
And your want like an armed man.

Proverbs 26:13-16

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square!”

Matthew 25:3-10

For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them,

Matthew 25:24-28

“And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed.

2 Peter 1:5-11

Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,