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Proverbs 13:4

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He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.	The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.	A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The soul^H5315 of the sluggard^H6102 desireth^H183, and hath nothing: but the soul^H5315 of the diligent^H2742 shall be made fat^H1878.

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Original Hebrew

מִתְאַוָּה וָאַיִן נַפְשֹׁו עָצֵל וְנֶפֶשׁ חָרֻצִים תְּדֻשָּׁן׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מִתְאַוָּ֣ה	mit.'a.Vah	H183	HVtrfsa	(is) coveting
וָ֭/אַיִן	Va./'a.yin	H369	HC/Tn	and/ nothing
נַפְשׁ֣/וֹ	naf.Sh/o	H5315	HNcbsc/Sp3ms	appetite/ his
עָצֵ֑ל	'a.Tzel	H6102	HAamsa	a sluggard
וְ/נֶ֖פֶשׁ	ve./Ne.fesh	H5315	HC/Ncbsc	and/ (the) appetite of
חָרֻצִ֣ים	cha.ru.Tzim	H2742	HAampa	diligent (people)
תְּדֻשָּֽׁן	te.du.Shan	H1878	HVPi3fs	it will be made fat

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H183 — אָוָה (ʼâvâh, aw-vaw'): a primitive root; to wish for; covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).
• H1878 — דָּשֵׁן (dâshên, daw-shane'): a primitive root; also denominatively (from דֶּשֶׁן); to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices); accept, anoint, take away the (receive) ashes (from), make (wax) fat.
• H2742 — חֲרוּץ (chărûwts, khaw-roots'): or חָרֻץ; passive participle of חָרַץ; 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; decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
• H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
• H6102 — עָצֵל (ʻâtsêl, aw-tsale'): from עָצַל; indolent; slothful, sluggard.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• but — Proverbs 2:2-9, Proverbs 8:34, John 6:27, Hebrews 6:11, 2 Peter 1:5-11
• desireth — Numbers 23:10, Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 12:11, Proverbs 12:24, Proverbs 26:13
• made — Psalms 92:14, Proverbs 11:25, Proverbs 28:25, Isaiah 58:11

Reciprocal references (15): Genesis 26:32, Joshua 7:3, Joshua 18:3, Proverbs 6:6, Proverbs 6:11, Proverbs 12:27, Proverbs 20:13, Proverbs 21:5, Proverbs 21:25, Proverbs 24:34, Ecclesiastes 4:5, Luke 16:3, Romans 12:11, 2 Thessalonians 3:10, Hebrews 6:12

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ABUNDANCE-WANT, BUSINESS LIFE, SLUGGARD, THE
• Nave’s: DILIGENCE, IDLENESS, INDUSTRY, SLOTHFULNESS

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