Proverbs 12:24

New International Version

²⁴Diligent hands will rule,
but laziness ends in forced labor.^(A)

Proverbs 12:24

King James Version

²⁴The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

²⁴^(A)The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the lazy man will be put to forced labor.

⁵The plans of the diligent lead to profit^(A)
as surely as haste leads to poverty.

⁵The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

⁵^(A)The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty,
But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.

New International Version (NIV)