◄ Proverbs 12:24 ►
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Good News Translation
Hard work will give you power; being lazy will make you a slave.

New Revised Standard Version
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the lazy will be put to forced labor.

Contemporary English Version
Work hard, and you will be a leader; be lazy, and you will end up a slave.

New American Bible
The diligent hand will govern, but sloth makes for forced labor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The hand of the valiant shall bear rule: but that which is slothful shall be under tribute.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The hand of the valiant shall bear rule: but that which is slothful shall be under tribute.

hand

Proverbs 10:4 He that gathereth in the harvest, is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.

Proverbs 13:4 The sluggard willeth, and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.

Proverbs 17:2 A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 22:29 Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.

1 Kings 11:28 And Jeroboam was a valiant and mighty man: and Solomon seeing him a young man ingenious and industrious, made him chief over the tributes of all the house of Joseph.

1 Kings 12:20 And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they gathered an assembly, and sent and called him, and made him king over all Israel, and there was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Juda only.

but

Proverbs 12:27 The deceitful man shall not find gain: but the substance of a just man shall be precious gold.

Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 21:25,26 Desires kill the slothful: for his hands have refused to work at all. . . .

Proverbs 22:13 The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.

Proverbs 24:30-34 I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man: . . .

Proverbs 26:13-16 The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads. . . .

slothful or deceitful

Context
Loving Discipline and Knowledge
…23A cautious man concealeth knowledge: and the heart of fools publisheth folly. 24The hand of the valiant shall bear rule: but that which is slothful shall be under tribute.25Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.…
Cross References
Genesis 49:15
He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent: and he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute.

Judges 1:28
But after Israel was grown strong, he made them tributaries, and would not destroy them.

1 Kings 9:21
Their children, that were left in the land; to wit, such as the children of Israel had not been able to destroy, Solomon made tributary unto this day.

Proverbs 12:23
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