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

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

The man Jeroboam was very able, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.

And when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Judah only.

But

Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,

The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"

General references

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.

Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.