Proverbs 10:4
Lazy hands make you poor, but hard-working hands make you rich.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
In Context
3The Lord doesn't let good people go hungry, but he stops the wicked from getting what they want.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go and observe the ants, you slacker! Learn from what they do and become wise.
Proverbs 11:24If you give generously you receive more, but if you keep back what you should give, you end up poor.
Proverbs 12:27Lazy people don't catch their prey, but if you work hard you can become rich.
Proverbs 19:15Lazy people are often fast asleep, but idleness means they're hungry.
Proverbs 20:4Slackers don't sow when they should, so when harvest comes they don't have anything.
Proverbs 21:5Those who plan ahead and work hard will have plenty, while those who act rashly end up poor.
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 →