Proverbs 12:24
A diligent hande shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
In Context
23A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.
25Heauinesse discourageth the heart of man: but a good worde maketh it glad agayne.
Cross References
Genesis 49:15And sawe that rest was good, and the lande that it was pleasaunt: and bowed his shoulder to beare, and became a seruaunt vnto tribute.
Proverbs 10:4An idle hande maketh poore: but a quicke labouring hande maketh riche.
Proverbs 13:4The sluggarde woulde fayne haue and can not get [his desire:] but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.
Proverbs 19:15Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 22:13The slouthfull body saith there is a Lion without: I might be slaine in the streate.
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 →