Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the slothful is desiring, and does not have. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
In Context
3Whoever is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, || Whoever is opening wide his lips—ruin to him!
5The righteous hates a false word, || And the wicked causes abhorrence, and is confounded.
Cross References
Genesis 26:32And it comes to pass during that day that Isaac’s servants come and declare to him concerning the circumstances of the well which they have dug, and say to him, “We have found water”;
Joshua 7:3and they return to Joshua, and say to him, “Do not let all the people go up; let about two thousand men, or about three thousand men, go up, and they strike Ai; do not cause all the people to labor there; for they [are] few.”
Proverbs 2:2To cause your ear to attend to wisdom, || You incline your heart to understanding,
Proverbs 10:4Poor [is] he who is working [with] a slothful hand, || And the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 12:11Whoever is tilling the ground is satisfied [with] bread, || And whoever is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
Proverbs 12:27The slothful does not roast his game, || And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:4
3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. Note, 1. A guard upon the lips is a guard to the soul. He that is cautious, that thinks twice before he speaks once, that, if he have thought evil, lays his hand upon his mouth to suppress it, that keeps a strong bridle on his tongue and a strict hand on that bridle, he keeps his soul from a great deal both of guilt and grief and saves himself the trouble of many bitter reflections on himself and reflections of… Read the whole commentary →