Proverbs 10:4

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Summary

Proverbs 10:4

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Becometh

But

Proverbs 13:4

Proverbs 21:5

1 Corinthians 15:58

General references

Proverbs 6:11

Bible References

Becometh

Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise.

Those who give freely gain even more; others hold back what they owe, becoming even poorer.

The diligent will take control, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.

Laziness puts one to sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.

A lazy person doesn't plow in the proper season; he looks for a harvest, but there is nothing.

I went by the field belonging to a lazy man, by a vineyard belonging to a senseless person.

Through slothfulness the roof deteriorates, and a house leaks because of idleness.

Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."

But we want each of you to continue to be diligent to the very end, in order to give full assurance to your hope.

For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,

But

The lazy person craves, yet receives nothing, but the desires of the diligent are satisfied.

Plans of the persistent surely lead to productivity, but all who are hasty will surely become poor.

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.

General references

and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man.