Proverbs 12:24

²⁴ Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

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Other Translations of Proverbs 12:24

²⁴ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful slothful: or, deceitful shall be under tribute.

²⁴ The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

²⁴ The diligent find freedom in their work; the lazy are oppressed by work.

²⁴ The hand of the diligent will rule, But the lazy man will be put to forced labor.

²⁴ Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and become a slave.

Those who will not take pains in an honest calling, living by tricks and dishonesty, are paltry and beggarly.