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, sluggard; consider her ways and be wise;

There is one who scatters and yet increases; but one who withholds just due comes only to poverty.

The hand of the hard worker shall bear rule, but the lazy shall be under service.

Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The lazy one will not plow; after the autumn he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man without understanding;

By slothfulness the building decays; and through lowering of the hands the house leaks.

Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for that food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father sealed Him.

And we desire that each one of you show the same eagerness to the full assurance of hope to the end,

But also in this very thing, bringing in all diligence, filling out your faith with virtue, and with virtue, knowledge;

But

The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing; but the soul of the hard worker shall be made fat.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty; but the thoughts of everyone who is hasty only to poverty.

So that, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not without fruit in the Lord.

General references

so shall your poverty come as one who travels, and your need like an armed man.