Proverbs 10:4

New International Version

⁴Lazy hands make for poverty,^(A)
but diligent hands bring wealth.^(B)

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Proverbs 10:4

King James Version

⁴He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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Proverbs 10:4

New King James Version

⁴^(A)He who has a slack hand becomes poor,
But ^(B)the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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Proverbs 10:4

English Standard Version

⁴A slack hand ^(A)causes poverty,
^(B)but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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Proverbs 10:4

New American Standard Bible

⁴Poor is one who works with ^[a]a lazy hand,
But the ^(A)hand of the diligent makes rich.

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Proverbs 10:4 Lit an idle hand

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