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Proverbs 13:4

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 13:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 13:4

Theological / Devotional

Soul. Here used of the individual himself. Thus the "soul" is spoken of as being fat or lean. Striving after material or intellectual riches to the almost complete exclusion of spiritual food, leaves areas of leanness in the soul (see Ps. 106: 13-15; Matt. 6:2; Luke 10:38-42).

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