Proverbs 12:24 Cross References - ECB

²⁴ The hand of the decisive reigns; and the deceitful are a vassal.

¹⁵ and he sees that rest is good and that the land pleases; and bows his shoulder to bear and becomes to serve as a vassal.

²¹ their sons who remain after them in the land, whom the sons of Yisra El were not able to devote - Shelomoh ascends a vassal of service on them to this day.

²⁸ and the man Yarob Am is mighty of valour: and Shelomoh sees how the lad works, and makes him overseer over all the burden of the house of Yoseph:

²⁰ And so be it, all Yisra El hears that Yarob Am returns, and they send and call him to the witness and have him reign over all Yisra El: there is no one after the house of David, except only, the scion of Yah Hudah.

⁴ He who works a deceitful palm impoverishes; and the hand of the decisive enriches.

²⁷ The deceitful singes not his hunt; and the wealth of a decisive human esteems.

⁴ The soul of the sloth desires and has naught; and the soul of the decisive fattens.

² A comprehending servant reigns over a son who shames; and allots the inheritance among the brothers.

¹⁵ Sloth falls into a deep sleep; and a deceitful soul famishs.

²⁵ The desire of the sloth deathifies him; for his hands refuse to work. ²⁶ In desiring, he desires all the day long; and the just gives and spares not.

¹³ The sloth says, A lion in the outways! I am murdered within the broadways.

²⁹ See a man skillful in his work? He sets at the face of sovereigns; he sets not at the face of darkness.

³⁰ I passed by the field of the man of sloth and by the vineyard of the human lacking heart; ³¹ and behold, it all ascends with thistles and nettles cover the face and the stone wall is broken down. ³² Then I see and set my heart well - I see and take discipline. ³³ A little sleep; a little drowsiness; a little clasping of the hands to lie down: ³⁴ and so be your poverty as one who travels; and your lack as a man with buckler.

¹³ The sloth says, A roaring lion in the way - a lion in the broadways. ¹⁴ As the door turns on its hinge, thus the sloth on his bed. ¹⁵ The sloth hides his hand in his bosom; it wearies him to return it to his mouth. ¹⁶ The sloth is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who return taste.