Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Proverbs 10:4

WorkMoney and wealth

2 Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

3 The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

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

6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
KJV
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
WEB
He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
ASV
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
DARBY
He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
BLB
The one making slack [his] hand becomes poor, and the hand of the diligent ones makes rich.
ÅB
Den som arbeider med lat hånd, blir fattig, men den flittiges hånd gjør rik.
OTB
Late hender fører til fattigdom, men flittige hender bringer rikdom.
B1930
Den som arbeider med lat hånd, blir fattig, men den flittiges hånd gjør rik.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references