Proverbs 12:24

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Summary

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Hand

But

General references

Proverbs 21:25

Proverbs 26:14

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Bible References

Hand

He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

A wise servant shall rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.

and the man Jeroboam was strong and valiant; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, that they sent and called him to the assembly, and made him king over all Israel: none followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

But

The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work:

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!

I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;

The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!

General references

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work:

As the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.

By much sloth fulness the framework falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth.