Proverbs 12:24 Cross References - LEB

²⁴ The hand of the diligent ones will rule, but the lazy will belong to forced labor.

¹⁵ He saw a resting place that was good, and land that was pleasant. So he bowed his shoulder to the burden and became a servant of forced labor.

²¹ their children who remained after them in the land, whom the _⌊Israelites_⌋* were not able to completely destroy, Solomon conscripted them for forced labor, until this very day.

²⁸ Now the man Jeroboam was a man of ability, and Solomon saw that the young man _⌊was a diligent worker_⌋,* so he appointed him over all of the forced labor for the house of Joseph.

²⁰ It happened that just when all of Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all of Israel. Not one followed after the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.

⁴ A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches.

²⁷ The lazy will not roast his game, but diligence is the precious wealth of a man.

⁴ The soul* of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.

² A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.

¹⁵ Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person* of idleness will suffer hunger.

²⁵ The craving of a lazy person will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.* ²⁶ _⌊All day_⌋* he craves a craving, but the righteous will give and not hold back.

¹³ A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"

²⁹ A man who is skillful in his work, you shall see: before kings, he will serve; he will not serve before the commoners.

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.

¹³ A lazy person says "A lion is in the road! A lion among the streets!" ¹⁴ The door turns on its hinge, and a lazy person on his bed. ¹⁵ A lazy person buries his hands in the dish; he is too tired to return it to his mouth. ¹⁶ A lazy person is wiser in his eyes than seven who answer discreetly.