6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

• Wisdom

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

• 2Pet 1:5 — And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
• 2Thess 3:10 — For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
• Eccl 4:5 — The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
• 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:
• Heb 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
• Isa 58:11 — And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
• 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 7:3 — And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are bu
• 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?
• Num 23:10 — Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
• Phil 2:12 — Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
• Prov 2:2 — So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
• 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 8:34 — Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
• Prov 10:4 — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
• Prov 10:4 — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
• Prov 11:25 — The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
• Prov 12:11 — He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
• 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 12:27 — The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
• 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 21:5 — The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
• Prov 21:25 — The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
• Prov 24:34 — So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
• Prov 26:13 — The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
• Prov 28:25 — He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
• Prov 28:25 — He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
• Ps 92:14 — They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
• Rom 12:11 — Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
• Ruth 2:7 — And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.