4 Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
4 A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
4 Sloth makes you poor; diligence brings wealth.
4 He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
4 Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich.
24 Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful
24 The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
24 The diligent find freedom in their work; the lazy are oppressed by work.
24 The hand of the diligent will rule, But the lazy man will be put to forced labor.
24 Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and become a slave.
(Read Proverbs 12:24)
Those who will not take pains in an honest calling, living by tricks and dishonesty, are paltry and beggarly.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 10:4
Commentary on Proverbs 10:4
(Read Proverbs 10:4)
Those who are fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, are likely to be rich in faith, and rich in good works.