Proverbs 12:24 Cross References - Geneva

²⁴ The hand of the diligent shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute.

¹⁵ And he shall see that rest is good, and that the land is pleasant, and he shall bow his shoulder to beare, and shalbe subiect vnto tribute.

²¹ To wit, their children that were left after them in the lande, whome the children of Israel were not able to destroy, those did Salomon make tributaries vnto this day.

²⁸ And this man Ieroboam was a man of strength and courage, and Salomon seeing that the yong man was meete for the worke, he made him ouerseer of all the labour of the house of Ioseph.

²⁰ And when all Israel had heard that Ieroboam was come againe, they sent and called him vnto the assemblie, and made him King ouer all Israel: none followed the house of Dauid, but the tribe of Iudah onely.

⁴ A slouthfull hand maketh poore: but the hand of the diligent maketh riche.

²⁷ The deceitfull man rosteth not, that hee tooke in hunting: but the riches of the diligent man are precious.

⁴ The sluggard lusteth, but his soule hath nought: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.

² A discrete seruant shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and hee shall deuide the heritage among the brethren.

¹⁵ Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished.

²⁵ The desire of the slouthfull slayeth him: for his hands refuse to worke. ²⁶ He coueteth euermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not.

¹³ The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.

²⁹ Thou seest that a diligent man in his businesse standeth before Kings, and standeth not before the base sort.

³⁰ I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding. ³¹ And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe. ³² Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction. ³³ Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe. ³⁴ So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

¹³ The slouthfull man sayth, A lyon is in the way: a lyon is in the streetes. ¹⁴ As the doore turneth vpon his hinges, so doeth the slouthfull man vpon his bed. ¹⁵ The slouthfull hideth his hand in his bosome, and it grieueth him to put it againe to his mouth. ¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his owne conceite, then seuen men that can render a reason.