THEOSISProverbs 10:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds, that fly away.
רָ֗אשׁ עֹשֶׂ֥ה כַף־רְמִיָּ֑ה וְיַ֖ד חָרוּצִ֣ים תַּעֲשִֽׁיר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 21:5The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.
- Prov 20:4Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
- Prov 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- Prov 13:4The sluggard willeth, and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.
- Prov 12:24The hand of the valiant shall bear rule: but that which is slothful shall be under tribute.
- Prov 6:6Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:
- Prov 6:11And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.
- Prov 19:24The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.