Proverbs 12:27
Good News Translation
If you are lazy, you will never get what you are after, but if you work hard, you will get a fortune.

New Revised Standard Version
The lazy do not roast their game, but the diligent obtain precious wealth.

Contemporary English Version
Anyone too lazy to cook will starve, but a hard worker is a valuable treasure.

New American Bible
Sloth does not catch its prey, but the wealth of the diligent is splendid.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The deceitful man shall not find gain: but the substance of a just man shall be precious gold.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The deceitful man shall not find gain: but the substance of a just man shall be precious gold.

slothful

Proverbs 13:4 The sluggard willeth, and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.

Proverbs 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.

Proverbs 26:15 The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth.

but

Proverbs 15:16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content.

Proverbs 16:8 Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.

Psalm 37:16 Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.

Context
Loving Discipline and Knowledge
26He that neglecteth a loss for the sake of a friend, is just: but the way of the wicked shall deceive them. 27The deceitful man shall not find gain: but the substance of a just man shall be precious gold.28In the path of justice is life: but the bye-way leadeth to death.…
Cross References
Proverbs 10:4
He that gathereth in the harvest, is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.

Proverbs 12:26
He that neglecteth a loss for the sake of a friend, is just: but the way of the wicked shall deceive them.

Proverbs 13:4
The sluggard willeth, and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.

Proverbs 12:26
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