Proverbs 10:4
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Darby Translation
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 that gathereth in summer is a wise son; he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:
Proverbs 11:24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but [it tendeth] only to want.
Proverbs 12:27The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent.
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 21:5The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one that 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 →