Proverbs 10:4
He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
In Context
5He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.
Proverbs 11:24There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.
Proverbs 12:27The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting, but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 21:5The thoughts of a diligent man [lead] only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to want.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:3-4
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. 3 The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. These two verses speak to the same purport, and the latter may be the reason of the former. 1. That wealth which men get unjustly will do them no good, because God will blast it: Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, v. 2 . The treasures of wicked people, much more the treasure which they have made themselves masters of… Read the whole commentary →