Proverbs 20:4
Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:4The 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.
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 21:25Desires kill the slothful: for his hands have refused to work at all.
Proverbs 26:13The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.
Matthew 25:3But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them:
2 Peter 1:5And you, employing all care, minister in your faith, virtue; and in virtue, knowledge;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:4
3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. This is designed to rectify men's mistakes concerning strife. 1. Men think it is their wisdom to engage in quarrels; whereas it is the greatest folly that can be. He thinks himself a wise man that is quick in resenting affronts, that stands upon every nicety of honour and right, and will not abate an ace of either, that prescribes, and imposes, and gives law, to every body; but he that thus meddles is a fool, and creates a great… Read the whole commentary →