Devine Scripture

Proverbs 20:4

Proverbs chapter 20 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Context

v.3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

v.4This passage

v.5Counsel in the heart of man islikedeep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 19:15

    Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Proverbs 24:34

    So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Proverbs 10:4

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

  • Proverbs 19:24

    The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Proverbs 26:13

    The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

  • Matthew 25:3

    For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them: