Proverbs 12:24 Cross References - Webster

²⁴ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

¹⁵ And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to tribute.

²¹ Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond-service to this day.

²⁸ And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon, seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

²⁰ And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

⁴ He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

²⁷ The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

⁴ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

² A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

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

²⁵ The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor. ²⁶ He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

¹³ The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

²⁹ Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

³⁰ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; ³¹ And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down. ³² Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. ³³ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: ³⁴ So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.

¹³ The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. ¹⁴ As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. ¹⁵ The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. ¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.