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Proverbs 10

Prov. 10:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Heu becometh poor
ruwsh (Hebrew #7326)
to be destitute
KJV usage: lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).
Pronounce: roosh
Origin: a primitive root
that dealeth
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
with a slack
rmiyah (Hebrew #7423)
remissness, treachery
KJV usage: deceit(- ful, -fully), false, guile, idle, slack, slothful.
Pronounce: rem-ee-yaw'
Origin: from 7411
hand
kaph (Hebrew #3709)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV usage: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Pronounce: kaf
Origin: from 3721
: butw the hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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'}
maketh rich
`ashar (Hebrew #6238)
properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
KJV usage: be(-come, en-, make, make self, wax) rich, make (1 Kings 22:48 marg). See 6240.
Pronounce: aw-shar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 11:24• 24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth;{HR}And there is that withholdeth more than is right,{HR}But only to want. (Prov. 11:24)
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Prov. 13:4• 4A sluggard's soul desireth, and hath nothing;{HR}But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. (Prov. 13:4)
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Prov. 19:15• 15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;{HR}And the idle soul shall suffer hunger. (Prov. 19:15)

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Prov. 6:6‑11• 6Go to the ant, thou sluggard;{HR}Consider her ways, and be wise:
 7Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
 8Provideth her bread in the summer,{HR}[And] gathereth her food in the harvest.
 9How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down?{HR}When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
 10A little sleep, a little slumber,{HR}A little folding of the hands to lie down!
 11So shall thy poverty come as a rover,{HR}And thy want as an armed man. (Prov. 6:6‑11)
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Prov. 11:24• 24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth;{HR}And there is that withholdeth more than is right,{HR}But only to want. (Prov. 11:24)
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Prov. 12:24• 24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule;{HR}But the slothful [hand] shall be under tribute. (Prov. 12:24)
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Prov. 19:15,24• 15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;{HR}And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
 24A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish,{HR}And will not even bring it to his mouth again. (Prov. 19:15,24)
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Prov. 20:4,13• 4The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter:{HR}In harvest shall he beg and have nothing.
 13Love not sleep lest thou come to poverty;{HR}Open thine eyes—thou shalt be satisfied with bread. (Prov. 20:4,13)
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Prov. 24:30‑34• 30I went by the field of the slothful,{HR}And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
 31And, behold, it was all grown over with thorns:{HR}Nettles had covered its face,{HR}And the stone wall thereof was broken down.
 32Then I beheld with set heart;{HR}I saw [and] received instruction:
 33A little sleep, a little slumber,{HR}A little folding of the hands to sleep;
 34So shall thy poverty come, [as] a robber;{HR}And thy want as a man in armour. (Prov. 24:30‑34)
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Eccl. 10:18• 18By slothfulness the roof sinketh in;{HR}And through idleness of the hands the house leaketh. (Eccl. 10:18)
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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. 6:11‑12• 11But we desire earnestly that each of you should show the same diligence unto the full assurance of hope until the end,
 12that ye become not sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and long-suffering inherit the promises. (Heb. 6:11‑12)
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2 Peter 1:5‑10• 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. (2 Peter 1:5‑10)
with a slack hand.That is, slothfully and negligently.but.
Prov. 13:4• 4A sluggard's soul desireth, and hath nothing;{HR}But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. (Prov. 13:4)
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Prov. 21:5• 5The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness;{HR}But every hasty one only to want. (Prov. 21:5)
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1 Cor. 15:58• 58Wherefore, my brethren beloved, be firm, immoveable, abounding in the work of the Lord always, knowing that your toil is not empty in [the] Lord. (1 Cor. 15:58)
• What is sometimes miscalled faith is really presumption. Diligence is the fit companion of the former, as beautifully set forth in Ruth, the Moabitess. (“Proverbs Ten” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

W. Kelly Translation

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He cometh to want that dealeth [with] a slack hand;{HR}But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.