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Proverbs 13:4
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Proverbs 13:4
4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
4The soule of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soule of the diligent shall be made fat.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 13:4
A person habitually lazy, idle and inactive; a drone.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
No thing; not anything; of no value or effect.
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Except; excluding all others or alternatives.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Steady, earnest, careful, and persistent in the effort or duty named.
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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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Rich, well-fed, abundant, or fertile; also the oily substance of an animal.
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Open the full verse study24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
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Open the full verse study11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
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Open the full verse study5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8For 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.
9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
11For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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Open the full verse study4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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Open the full verse study2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
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Open the full verse study25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
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Open the full verse study27Labour 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.
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Open the full verse study25He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
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Open the full verse study11And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
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Open the full verse study34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
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Open the full verse study11And 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.
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Open the full verse study13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
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Open the full verse study10Who 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!
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Open the full verse study14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
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