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Proverbs 13:4
The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.
Proverbs 13:4 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 13:4 in other translations
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
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In context
1 A wise son, [cometh of] a father’s correction, but, a scoffer, heareth not a rebuke.
2 Of the fruit of his mouth, shall a man eat what is good, but, the soul of the treacherous, [shall be sated with] violence.
3 He that watcheth his mouth, guardeth his soul, He that openeth wide his lips, [it shall be] his ruin.
4 The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.
5 A word of falsehood, the righteous man, hateth, but, the lawless, causeth shame and disgrace.
6 Righteousness, guardeth the man of blameless way, but, lawlessness, overthroweth the sinner.
7 There is who feigneth himself rich, yet hath nothing at all, who pleadeth poverty, yet hath great substance.
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