Proverbs 12:24
The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
In Context
23A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.
25Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
Cross References
Genesis 49:15He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
1 Kings 11:28The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.
Proverbs 10:4He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 22:13The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:24
23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. Note, 1. He that is wise does not affect to proclaim his wisdom, and it is his honour that he does not. He communicates his knowledge when it may turn to the edification of others, but he conceals it when the showing of it would only tend to his own commendation. Knowing men, if they be prudent men, will carefully avoid every thing that savours of ostentation, and not take all occasions to show their learning and reading, but… Read the whole commentary →