Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth with a negligent palm, 1 but the yad of the diligent maketh wealth. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the nemalah (ant), thou atzel (sluggard, lazy one); 1 consider her drakhim (ways), and be chacham (wise); 1
Proverbs 11:24There is that which scattereth, and yet increaseth more; 1 and there is that which withholdeth more than is yosher, but it leadeth to machsor (want, need, poverty). 1
Proverbs 12:27The remiyyah (deceitfully lazy man) roasteth not that which he took in hunting, 1 but diligence is the precious possession of man. 1
Proverbs 19:15Atzlah (slothfulness, laziness) casteth into a tardemah (deep sleep), 1 and a nefesh remiyyah (a deceitfully lazy soul) shall suffer hunger. 1
Proverbs 20:4The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) will not plow by reason of choref (winter, cold); 1 therefore shall he beg at katzir (harvest), and have nothing. 1
Proverbs 21:5The plans of the kharutz (diligent) lead surely to profit; 1 but of every one that is hasty surely to machsor (poverty, want). 1
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 →