Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
Cross References
Genesis 49:15
He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

Judges 1:28
When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.

1 Kings 9:21
their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy completely--Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

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hand

Proverbs 10:4
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Proverbs 13:4
The slacker craves, yet gets nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.

Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

1 Kings 11:28
And Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor, so Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious and put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.

1 Kings 12:20
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

but

Proverbs 12:27
A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.

Proverbs 19:15
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 21:25, 26
The craving of the sluggard will kill him because his hands refuse to work. . . .

Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!"

Proverbs 24:30-34
I went past the field of a sluggard and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. . . .

Proverbs 26:13-16
The slacker says, "A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!" . . .

slothful or deceitful

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