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Proverbs 21

Prov. 21:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The desire
ta'avah (Hebrew #8378)
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
KJV usage: dainty, desire, X exceedingly, X greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also 6914.
Pronounce: tah-av-aw'
Origin: from 183 (abbreviated)
of the slothful
`atsel (Hebrew #6102)
indolent
KJV usage: slothful, sluggard.
Pronounce: aw-tsale'
Origin: from 6101
killeth
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
him; for his hands
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
refuse
ma'en (Hebrew #3985)
to refuse
KJV usage: refuse, X utterly.
Pronounce: maw-ane'
Origin: a primitive root
to labor
`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
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 6:6‑11• 6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:
 7which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
 8provideth her bread in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
 9How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
 10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
 11So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man. (Prov. 6:6‑11)
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Prov. 12:24,27• 24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful hand shall be under tribute.
 27The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent. (Prov. 12:24,27)
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Prov. 13:4• 4A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. (Prov. 13:4)
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Prov. 15:19• 19The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is made plain. (Prov. 15:19)
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Prov. 19:24• 24A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again. (Prov. 19:24)
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Prov. 20:4• 4The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. (Prov. 20:4)
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Prov. 22:13• 13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets! (Prov. 22:13)
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Prov. 24:30‑34• 30I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
 31and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.
 32Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:
 33--A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
 34So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man. (Prov. 24:30‑34)
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Prov. 26:13,16• 13The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!
 16A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that answer discreetly. (Prov. 26:13,16)
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Matt. 25:26• 26And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered; (Matt. 25:26)
• He is occupied with himself, full of desire, but opposed to effort. Selfishness is his strongest characteristic. (“Proverbs Twenty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work: