King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 10:4
“He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 10
2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4
He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5
He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
6
Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.