Proverbs 20:4

Foolproof Instructions

³ It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute,
but any fool can get himself into a quarrel. ⁴ The slacker does not plow during planting season;
at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing. ⁵ Counsel in a man’s heart is deep water;
but a man of understanding draws it out.

Lazy Man

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness induces deep sleep,
and a lazy person will go hungry.

Proverbs 10:4

Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.

Proverbs 19:24

The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 6:10-11

A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the arms to rest,

Proverbs 13:4

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.

Proverbs 24:34

and your poverty will come like a robber,
your need, like a bandit.

Proverbs 26:13-16

The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”

Matthew 25:3-10

When the foolish took their lamps, they didn’t take olive oil with them.

Matthew 25:24-28

“Then the man who had received one talent also approached and said, ‘Master, I know you. You’re a difficult man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed.

2 Peter 1:5-11

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,