Proverbs 10:4

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

In context

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
KJV King James Version: He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
WEB World English Bible: He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
ASV American Standard Version: He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: Poor [is] he who is working — a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
DBY Darby Translation: He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
WBS Webster Bible: He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.