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Proverbs 10:4

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

KJV

Egestatem operata est manus remissa ; manus autem fortium divitias parat. Qui nititur mendaciis, hic pascit ventos ; idem autem ipse sequitur aves volantes.

Vulgate

πενία ἄνδρα ταπεινοῖ, χεῖρες δὲ ἀνδρείων πλουτίζουσιν. [1] υἱὸς πεπαιδευμένος σοφὸς ἔσται, τῷ δὲ ἄφρονι διακόνῳ χρήσεται.

LXX

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

ASV

רָ֗אשׁ עֹשֶׂ֥ה כַף רְמִיָּ֑ה וְ/יַ֖ד חָרוּצִ֣ים תַּעֲשִֽׁיר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
חָר֣וּץ
chrvts
noun · 16×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כַּ֥ף
kp
noun · 191×
מַעֲשִׁ֑יר
m'shyr
verb · 17×
רְמִיָּֽה
rmyh
noun · 15×
רָ֣שׁ
rsh
verb · 24×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. In what has gone before he had shown that the sacrifices were unavailing for perfect purification, and were a type, and greatly defective. Since then there was this objection to his argument, If they are types, how is it that, after the truth has come, they have not ceased, nor given place, but are still performed? He here accordingly labors at this very point, showing that …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:58 — Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
  • 2Pet 1:5 — And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
  • Eccl 10:18 — By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
  • Gen 26:32 — And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
  • Heb 6:11 — And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
  • John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
  • Josh 18:3 — And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
  • Prov 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
  • Prov 6:11 — So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
  • Prov 11:24 — There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
  • Prov 12:24 — The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
  • Prov 12:24 — The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
  • Prov 13:4 — The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
  • Prov 13:4 — The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
  • Prov 18:9 — He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
  • Prov 19:15 — Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 19:15 — Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 19:24 — A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
  • Prov 20:4 — The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
  • Prov 20:4 — The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
  • Prov 20:13 — Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
  • Prov 20:13 — Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
  • Prov 21:5 — The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
  • Prov 21:5 — The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
  • Prov 22:29 — Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
  • Prov 24:30 — I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
  • Prov 24:34 — So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.