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 who deals with a lazy hand becomes poor; but the hand of the hard worker makes rich.
Proverbs 12:11
He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he who follows vanities lacks heart.
Proverbs 26:13
The lazy one says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Numbers 23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
Made
Proverbs 11:25
The soul who gives freely shall be made fat; and he who waters shall also be watered himself.
Proverbs 28:25
He who is of a proud heart stirs up fighting; but he who puts his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.
Psalm 92:14
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flowering;
Isaiah 58:11
And Jehovah shall always guide you and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones fat; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.
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Proverbs 6:11
so shall your poverty come as one who travels, and your need like an armed man.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands have refused to work.