Proverbs 10:4
An idle hande maketh poore: but a quicke labouring hande maketh riche.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the emmet thou sluggarde, consider her wayes, and learne to be wyse:
Proverbs 11:24Some man geueth out his goodes and is the richer: but the niggarde hauyng inough, wyll depart from nothyng, and yet is euer in pouertie.
Proverbs 12:27The deciptfull man shall not coste that he toke in huntyng: but the riches of the iust man is of great value.
Proverbs 19:15Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 20:4A slouthfull body wyll not go to plow for colde of the winter: therefore shall he begge in sommer, and haue nothing.
Proverbs 21:5The deuises of one that is diligent, bring plenteousnesse: but he that is vnaduised, commeth vnto pouertie.
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 →