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Proverbs 13

Prov. 13:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thed soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
of the sluggard
`atsel (Hebrew #6102)
indolent
KJV usage: slothful, sluggard.
Pronounce: aw-tsale'
Origin: from 6101
desireth
'avah (Hebrew #183)
to wish for
KJV usage: covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).
Pronounce: aw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and hath nothing: but the soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
of the diligent
charuwts (Hebrew #2742)
passive participle of 2782; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager
KJV usage: decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
Pronounce: khaw-roots'
Origin: or charuts {khaw-roots'}
shall be made fat
dashen (Hebrew #1878)
to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; denominatively (from 1880) to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)
KJV usage: accept, anoint, take away the (receive) ashes (from), make (wax) fat.
Pronounce: daw-shane'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 10:4• 4He cometh to want that dealeth [with] a slack hand;{HR}But the hand of the diligent maketh rich. (Prov. 10:4)

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desireth.
Prov. 10:4• 4He cometh to want that dealeth [with] a slack hand;{HR}But the hand of the diligent maketh rich. (Prov. 10:4)
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Prov. 12:11,24• 11He that tilleth his ground shall be satisfied with bread;{HR}But he that followeth worthless [persons] is void of sense.
 24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule;{HR}But the slothful [hand] shall be under tribute. (Prov. 12:11,24)
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Prov. 26:13• 13The sluggard saith, A lion in the way;{HR}A lion in the streets (Prov. 26:13)
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Num. 23:10• 10Who can count the dust of Jacob,{HR}And the number of the fourth part of Israel?{HR}Let me die the death of the righteous,{HR}And let my last end be like his! (Num. 23:10)
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Prov. 2:2‑9• 2So that thou wilt incline thine ear to wisdom,{HR}And apply thy heart to understanding;
 3Yea if thou cry after discernment,{HR}[And] lift up thy voice for understanding;
 4If thou seek her as silver{HR}And search for her as for hid treasures;
 5Then shalt thou apprehend the fear of Jehovah,{HR}And find the knowledge of God.
 6For Jehovah giveth wisdom;{HR}Out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
 7He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright,{HR}A shield to those that walk in integrity;
 8Guarding the paths of just judgment{HR}And keeping the way of his saints.
 9Then thou shalt understand righteousness{HR}And judgment and equity—every good path. (Prov. 2:2‑9)
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Prov. 8:34• 34Blessed [is] the man that heareth me,{HR}Watching daily at my gates,{HR}Waiting at the posts of my doors. (Prov. 8:34)
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John 6:27• 27Work not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that abideth unto life eternal which the Son of man shall give you; for him the Father sealed, [even] God. (John 6:27)
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Heb. 6:11• 11But we desire earnestly that each of you should show the same diligence unto the full assurance of hope until the end, (Heb. 6:11)
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2 Peter 1:5‑11• 5But for this very thing also, bringing in besides all diligence, in your faith supply virtue, and in virtue knowledge,
 6and in knowledge temperance, and in temperance endurance, and in endurance godliness,
 7and in godliness brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection love:
 8For these things being in you and abounding make [you] not idle nor unfruitful for the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ:
 9for he with whom they are not present is blind, shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his old sins.
 10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure; for in doing these things ye shall never stumble.
 11For thus shall be richly furnished to you the entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:5‑11)
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Prov. 11:25• 25The blessing soul shall be made fat;{HR}And he that watereth shall be watered also himself. (Prov. 11:25)
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Prov. 28:25• 25{i}He that is puffed up in soul exciteth contention;{HR}But he that relieth upon Jehovah shall be made fat.{/i} (Prov. 28:25)
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Psa. 92:14• 14Still shall they bear fruit in old age;{HR}Fat and green shall they be; (Psa. 92:14)
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Isa. 58:11• 11and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters deceive not. (Isa. 58:11)
• It is as true in the things of the spiritual life as of the natural. The diligent seeker after the precious truths laid up in the word of God is the one who is made to rejoice over that Word as one that findeth great spoil. The sluggard’s portion is leanness of soul and dissatisfaction continually. (“Proverbs Thirteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A sluggard’s soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

W. Kelly Translation

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A sluggard’s soul desireth, and hath nothing;{HR}But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.