4 A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches.
Proverbs 10:4 Cross References - LEB
Proverbs 6:6-11
6 Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise.
7 It has no chief, officer, or ruler.
8 In the summer, it prepares its food; in the harvest, it gathers its sustenance.
9 How long will you lie down, lazy? When will you rise up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest—
11 like a ⌊robber⌋* shall your poverty come, and what you lack like an armed man.
Proverbs 11:24
24 There is one who gives yet ⌊grows richer⌋,* but he who withholds ⌊what is right⌋* only finds need.
Proverbs 12:24
24 The hand of the diligent ones will rule, but the lazy will belong to forced labor.
Proverbs 13:4
4 The soul* of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.
Proverbs 19:15
15 Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person* of idleness will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 19:24
24 A lazy person buries his hand in the dish, and even to his mouth he will not bring it back.
Proverbs 20:4
4 The lazy person will not plow in season; he will expect at the harvest, but there will be nothing.
Proverbs 20:13
13 Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes and have plenty bread.
Proverbs 21:5
5 The plans of the diligent only lead to abundance, but all who are hasty, only to want.
Proverbs 24:30-34
30 I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking ⌊sense⌋;*
31 and behold, it was overgrown—all of it was covered with thorns, its surface with nettles, and ⌊its stone wall⌋* was broken down.
32 Then I myself saw and my heart* considered; I looked, and I took hold of instruction:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest,
34 and your poverty will come running, and your lack like an armed warrior.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
18 Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.
John 6:27
27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but the food that remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has set his seal on this one."
1 Corinthians 15:58
58 So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, because you* know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Hebrews 6:11-12
2 Peter 1:5-10
5 and for this same reason, and by* applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge,
6 and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness,
7 and with godliness, brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love.
8 For if* these things are yours and are increasing, this does not make you useless or unproductive in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 For the one for whom these things are not present is blind, being nearsighted, ⌊having forgotten the cleansing⌋* of his former sins.
10 Therefore, brothers, be zealous even more to make your calling and election secure, because if you* do these things, you will never ever stumble.