Proverbs 20:4
If a lazy man does not plow his fields at the right/proper time, he will look for crops at harvest time, but there will be nothing there.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
3People respect those who stay away from disputes/arguments; foolish people love to quarrel.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:4Lazy people soon become poor; it is those who work hard who become rich.
Proverbs 19:15Those who are lazy sleep soundly, but if they are lazy, they will be hungry because of not earning money to buy food.
Proverbs 21:25Lazy people, who refuse to work, will die of hunger because they [SYN] do not earn money to buy food.
Proverbs 26:13Lazy people just stay inside their houses and do nothing; they keep saying “ I think there is a lion in the street!”
Matthew 25:3The virgins who were foolish took their lanterns, but they did not take any extra olive oil for the lantern.
2 Peter 1:5Because God has done all that, by trying very hard, make sure that you not only believe in Christ, but that you are also living morally good lives. And make sure that you are not only living morally good lives, but that you also know what God desires (OR, behave wisely).
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:4
3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. This is designed to rectify men's mistakes concerning strife. 1. Men think it is their wisdom to engage in quarrels; whereas it is the greatest folly that can be. He thinks himself a wise man that is quick in resenting affronts, that stands upon every nicety of honour and right, and will not abate an ace of either, that prescribes, and imposes, and gives law, to every body; but he that thus meddles is a fool, and creates a great… Read the whole commentary →