4Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.


In Context

1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

2 Ill-gotten treasures are of no value, but righteousness delivers from death.

3 The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

4 Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

5 He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

6 Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:4He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:4The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds that fly away.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4Poor is he who is working — a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:4He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.