Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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Bible References
Desireth
Proverbs 10:4
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 12:11
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.
Proverbs 26:13
The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!
Numbers 23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!
Made
Proverbs 11:25
The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Proverbs 28:25
He that is puffed up in soul exciteth contention; but he that relieth upon Jehovah shall be made fat.
Psalm 92:14
They are still vigorous in old age, they are full of sap and green;
Isaiah 58:11
and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a water-spring, whose waters deceive not.
General references
Proverbs 6:11
So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work: