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 becomes poor who has a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

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

See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

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

But

The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the possessions of a diligent man are precious.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.

The slothful man says, There is a lion outside, I shall be slain in the streets.

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

The slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

General references

The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.

As the door turns upon its hinges, so does the slothful upon his bed.

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