Pro 10:4, 19:15, 24, 26:13-16 | ESV | STEP | A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich .

j[See ver. 12 above]

k[ver. 25; ch. 6:16]; See Job 5:19

Proverbs 10:4

4 A slack hand ^acauses poverty,
^bbut the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 19:15

15 ^cSlothfulness casts into ^da deep sleep,
and ^ean idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

24 ^fThe sluggard buries his hand in ^gthe dish
and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 26:13-16

13 ^hThe sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
There is a lion in the streets!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so does a sluggard on his bed.
15 ⁱThe sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is ^jwiser in his own eyes
^kthan seven men who can answer sensibly.