Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
Young's Literal Translation
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
3Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips — ruin to him!
5A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.
Cross References
Genesis 26:32And it cometh to pass during that day that Isaac's servants come and declare to him concerning the circumstances of the well which they have digged, and say to him, 'We have found water;'
Joshua 7:3and they turn back unto Joshua, and say unto him, 'Let not all the people go up; let about two thousand men, or about three thousand men, go up, and they smite Ai; cause not all the people to labour thither; for they [are] few.'
Proverbs 2:2To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
Proverbs 10:4Poor [is] he who is working — a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 12:11Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
Proverbs 12:27The slothful roasteth not his hunting, And the wealth 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 →