Proverbs 12:24

Proverbs Of Solomon

²³ A wise man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools cries out foolishness. ²⁴ The hand of the hard worker shall bear rule, but the lazy shall be under service. ²⁵ Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop, but a good word makes it glad.

Forced Labor

Proverbs 10:4

He who deals with a lazy hand becomes poor; but the hand of the hard worker makes rich.

Proverbs 12:27

The lazy one does not start after his game, but the wealth of a hard worker is precious.

Proverbs 13:4

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

Proverbs 21:25-26

The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands have refused to work.

Genesis 49:15

And he saw that rest was good and that the land was pleasant. And he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a tribute-slave.

1 Kings 9:21

their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel also were not able to destroy completely, on those Solomon laid a tribute of bond-service to this day.

1 Kings 11:28

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of war. And Solomon, seeing that the young man was doing work, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

1 Kings 12:20

And it happened when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, they sent and called him to the company, and made him king over all Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

Proverbs 17:2

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

Proverbs 19:15

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

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy one says, There is a lion outside; I shall be killed in the streets.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before unknown men.

Proverbs 24:30-34

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

Proverbs 26:13-16

The lazy one says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.