Proverbs 13:4
Good News Translation
No matter how much a lazy person may want something, he will never get it. A hard worker will get everything he wants.

New Revised Standard Version
The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.

Contemporary English Version
No matter how much you want, laziness won't help a bit, but hard work will reward you with more than enough.

New American Bible
The appetite of the sluggard craves but has nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is amply satisfied.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sluggard willeth, and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

desireth

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 12:11,24 He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds. . . .

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

Numbers 23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and know the number of the stock of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the just, and my last end be like to them.

but

Proverbs 2:2-9 For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence: . . .

Proverbs 8:34 He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord.

John 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed.

Hebrews 6:11 And we desire that every one of you shew forth the same carefulness to the accomplishing of hope unto the end:

2 Peter 1:5-11 And you, employing all care, minister in your faith, virtue: And in virtue, knowledge: . . .

made

Proverbs 11:25 He that hideth up corn, shall be cursed among the people: but a blessing upon the head of them that sell.

Proverbs 28:25 He that boasteth and puffeth up himself, stirreth up quarrels: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be healed.

Psalm 92:14 They shall still increase in a fruitful old age: and shall be well treated,

Isaiah 58:11 And the Lord will give thee rest continually, and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a fountain of water whose waters shall not fail.

Context
A Father's Discipline
3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils. 4The sluggard willeth, and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.5The just shall hate a lying word: but the wicked confoundeth, and shall be confounded.…
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6
Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,

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

Proverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.

Proverbs 13:5
The just shall hate a lying word: but the wicked confoundeth, and shall be confounded.

Proverbs 20:4
Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.

Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.

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

Proverbs 13:3
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