Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pro 20:4 — The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

sluggard   Pro 10:4; Pro 19:15,24; Pro 26:13-16
cold   or, winter
therefore   Pro 6:10,11; Pro 19:15; Pro 24:34; Mat 25:3-10,24-28; 2Pe 1:5-11
Correlating Passages
sluggard
Pro 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Pro 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Pro 19:24 A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Pro 26:13 The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.
Pro 26:14 [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.
Pro 26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
Pro 26:16 The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
therefore
Pro 6:10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Pro 6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Pro 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Pro 24:34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Mat 25:3 They that [were] foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
Mat 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Mat 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Mat 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Mat 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
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Mat 25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
Mat 25:25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, [there] thou hast [that is] thine.
Mat 25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, [Thou] wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Mat 25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Mat 25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give [it] unto him which hath ten talents.
2Pe 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2Pe 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
2Pe 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2Pe 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make [you that ye shall] neither [be] barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Pe 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
2Pe 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
2Pe 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 20:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Pro/20/4.html>.

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