Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
In Context
23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
25Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.
Cross References
Genesis 49:15And he saw a resting place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant. And he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task work.
1 Kings 11:28And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. And Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.
Proverbs 10:4He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 22:13The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:24
23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. Note, 1. He that is wise does not affect to proclaim his wisdom, and it is his honour that he does not. He communicates his knowledge when it may turn to the edification of others, but he conceals it when the showing of it would only tend to his own commendation. Knowing men, if they be prudent men, will carefully avoid every thing that savours of ostentation, and not take all occasions to show their learning and reading, but… Read the whole commentary →