Passage cross-references.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; …

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; …

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;