4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
4 Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
4 A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
4 Sloth makes you poor; diligence brings wealth.
4 He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
4 Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich.
4 Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.
4 The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
4 A farmer too lazy to plant in the spring has nothing to harvest in the fall.
4 The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
4 Those too lazy to plow in the right season will have no food at the harvest.
(Read Proverbs 20:4)
He who labours and endures hardship in his seed-time for eternity, will be properly diligent as to his earthly business.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 10:4
Commentary on Proverbs 10:4
(Read Proverbs 10:4)
Those who are fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, are likely to be rich in faith, and rich in good works.