Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
In Context
3He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
5A righteous man hates lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.
Cross References
Genesis 26:32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said unto him, We have found water.
Joshua 7:3And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
Proverbs 2:2So that you incline yours ear unto wisdom, and apply yours heart to understanding;
Proverbs 10:4He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 12:11He that tills his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 12:27The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:4
3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. Note, 1. A guard upon the lips is a guard to the soul. He that is cautious, that thinks twice before he speaks once, that, if he have thought evil, lays his hand upon his mouth to suppress it, that keeps a strong bridle on his tongue and a strict hand on that bridle, he keeps his soul from a great deal both of guilt and grief and saves himself the trouble of many bitter reflections on himself and reflections of… Read the whole commentary →