Proverbs 10:4
He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
In Context
5He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 11:24There is that scatters, and yet increases; and there is that withholds more than is meet, but it tends to poverty.
Proverbs 12:27The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 21:5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to lack.
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 →