Proverbs 13:4

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• מִתְאַוָּ֣ה[is] coveting

  mitavahH183 →26 times

• וָ֭אַיִןand nothing

  vaayinH369 →789 times

• נַפְשׁ֣וֹappetite his

  nafshoH5315 →754 times

• עָצֵ֑לa sluggard

  ʾatzelH6102 →14 times

• וְנֶ֖פֶשׁand [the] appetite of

  venefeshH5315 →754 times

• חָרֻצִ֣יםdiligent [people]

  charutzimH2742 →19 times

• תְּדֻשָּֽׁן׃it will be made fat

  tedushanH1878 →11 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Proverbs 10:4

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

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 19:15

    Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Proverbs 20:4

    The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

  • Proverbs 21:5

    The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.

• Through

  Proverbs 12:11

  The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 28:19

    The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

  • Proverbs 14:23

    There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12

    and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

  • Psalms 128:2

    For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

• Through

  Proverbs 12:24

  The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 12:27

    A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.