Proverbs 20:4 Cross References - TKJU

⁴ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

¹⁰ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: ¹¹ So shall your poverty come as one that travels abroad, and your want as an armed man.

⁴ He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor: But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

⁴ The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

¹⁵ Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

²⁴ A slothful man hides his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

³⁴ So shall your poverty come as one that travels abroad; and your want as an armed man.

¹³ The slothful man says, "There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets." ¹⁴ As the door turns upon its hinges, so does the slothful upon his bed. ¹⁵ The slothful hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it back again to his mouth. ¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

³ Those who were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: ⁴ But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵ While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. ⁶ And at midnight a cry was made, 'Behold, the bridegroom comes; go out to meet him.' ⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil; for our lamps have gone out.' ⁹ But the wise answered, saying, 'Not so, lest there not be enough for us and you: But rather go to those that sell, and buy for yourselves.' ¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage: And the door was shut.

²⁴ Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed: ²⁵ And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the earth: Look, there you have what is yours.' ²⁶ His lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed: ²⁷ Therefore you ought to have put my money with the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received back my own with interest. ²⁸ Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.

⁵ And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; ⁷ and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love. ⁸ For if these things are in you, and abound, they make you such that you shall be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But he that lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. ¹⁰ Therefore better yet, brethren, be diligent to make your calling and election sure: For if you do these things, you shall never fall: ¹¹ For after that an entrance shall abundantly be ministered to you into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.