Proverbs 13:4
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
חֲרוּץ
chărûwts
properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp tee...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
חֶלֶב
cheleb
fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
Key Terms in This Verse
חֲרוּץ chărûwts
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
Study H2742 →חֶלֶב cheleb
fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
Study H2459 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Labour 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.
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
And 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.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Who 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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