Add parallel Print Page Options

A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
    and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

Read full chapter

A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that [a]causeth shame,
And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:2 Or, doeth shamefully

He who is slack in his work
    is a brother to him who destroys.

Read full chapter

He also that is slack in his work
Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Read full chapter

15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep,
    and an idle person will suffer hunger.

Read full chapter

15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;
And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Read full chapter

24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,
    and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Read full chapter

24 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish,
And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Read full chapter

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
    he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

Read full chapter

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
[a]Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:4 Or, Therefore when he seeketh in harvest, there shall be nothing

13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty;
    open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

Read full chapter

13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty;
Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Read full chapter

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but every one who is hasty comes only to want.

Read full chapter

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness;
But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

Read full chapter

17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man;
    he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Read full chapter

17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:
He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Read full chapter

25 The desire of the sluggard kills him
    for his hands refuse to labor.
26 All day long the wicked covets,[a]
    but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:26 Gk: Heb all day long he covets covetously

25 The desire of the sluggard killeth him;
For his hands refuse to labor.
26 There is that coveteth greedily all the day long;
But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

Read full chapter

13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
    I shall be slain in the streets!”

Read full chapter

13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion without;
I shall be slain in the streets.

Read full chapter

29 Do you see a man skilful in his work?
    he will stand before kings;
    he will not stand before obscure men.

Read full chapter

29 Seest thou a man [a]diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings;
He shall not stand before [b]mean men.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:29 Or, skilful
  2. Proverbs 22:29 Hebrew obscure.

10 If you faint in the day of adversity,
    your strength is small.

Read full chapter

10 If thou faint in the day of adversity,
Thy strength is small.

Read full chapter