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Proverbs 20:4

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

KJV

Propter frigus piger arare noluit ; mendicabit ergo æstate, et non dabitur illi.

Vulgate

ὀνειδιζόμενος ὀκνηρὸς οὐκ αἰσχύνεται, ὡσαύτως καὶ ὁ δανιζόμενος σῖτον ἐν ἀμήτῳ.

LXX

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

ASV

מֵ֭/חֹרֶף עָצֵ֣ל לֹא יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ ישאל וְ/שָׁאַ֖ל בַּ/קָּצִ֣יר וָ/אָֽיִן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
חֹ֖רֶף
chrp
noun · 7×
חֹ֣רְשֵׁי
chrshy
verb · 72×
יִּשְׁאַ֤ל
ysh'l
verb · 176×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עָצֵ֣ל
'tsl
adjective · 14×
קְצִיר
qtsyr
noun · 53×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 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.
  • Eccl 10:18 — By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
  • Eccl 11:4 — He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
  • Matt 25:3 — They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
  • Matt 25:24 — Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
  • Prov 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
  • Prov 6:10 — Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
  • Prov 6:11 — So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
  • 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 13:4 — The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
  • 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 21:25 — The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
  • Prov 24:31 — And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
  • 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.