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Proverbs 10:4

4 fHe who has a slack hand becomes poor,

But gthe hand of the diligent makes rich.

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Proverbs 10:4 — The New International Version (NIV)

Lazy hands make for poverty,

but diligent hands bring wealth.

Proverbs 10:4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

A slack hand causes poverty,

but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 10:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand:

But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Proverbs 10:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Lazy people are soon poor;

hard workers get rich.

Proverbs 10:4 — New Century Version (NCV)

A lazy person will end up poor,

but a hard worker will become rich.

Proverbs 10:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand;

But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Proverbs 10:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Proverbs 10:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Lazy hands bring poverty, 

but hard-working hands bring riches. 

Proverbs 10:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Idle hands make one poor,

but diligent hands bring riches.

Proverbs 10:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

A slack hand causes poverty,

but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 10:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

A slack hand causes poverty,

but the hand of the diligent enriches.

Proverbs 10:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Hands that don’t want to work make you poor.

But hands that work hard bring wealth to you.

Proverbs 10:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Poor is he who works with a negligent hand,

But the hand of the diligent makes rich.


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