Proverbs 10:4
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Majority Standard Bible
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 does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
Proverbs 11:24One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
Proverbs 12:27A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.
Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 20:4The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
Proverbs 21:5The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
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 →