Bible verse
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Proverbs 10:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 10.
1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
2 Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
3 The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
4 Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
8 A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
KJV
He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
ASV
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
ERV
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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