Proverbs 13:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 13:4 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 12:11
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
2 Peter 1:5-11
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; …
Proverbs 2:2-9
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; …

Topics

Diligence Economics Frugality Idleness Industry Labor Laziness Prodigality (waywardness)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4)

Here is, 1. The misery and shame of the slothful. See how foolish and absurd they are; they desire the gains which the diligent get, but they hate the pains which the diligent take; they covet every thing that is to be coveted, but will do nothing that is to be done; and therefore it follows, They have nothing; for he that will not labour let him hunger, and let him not eat, 2 Thess. 3:10. The des…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. (Compare Pr 12:11, 27).