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Proverbs 21:5

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The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
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  1. Proverbs 10:4Rank 1 from verse 5
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    4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  2. Proverbs 13:4Rank 2 from verse 5
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    4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  3. 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12Rank 3 from verse 5
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    11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

    12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

  4. Ephesians 4:28Rank 4 from verse 5
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    28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

  5. Proverbs 27:23–27Rank 5 from verse 5
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    23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

    24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

    25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

    26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

    27And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

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Proverbs 21:5

COMBINED MEANING

thoughts

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Things thought or purposed in the mind or heart; ideas, reasonings, intentions, or purposes.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

diligent

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Steady, earnest, and careful in effort; or performed with persistent, attentive care.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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want

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Absence, lack, need, poverty, or insufficiency of what is required; to lack, be without, need, or come short of it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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4An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

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

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6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

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