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.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 20:4
Commentary on Proverbs 20:4
(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.