KJV ORIGINAL
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The lazy person wants things but gets nothing, while the hardworking person will be richly rewarded.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is contrasting lazy people who only dream about success with diligent people who actually achieve it through hard work.
📚 Historical Context
This proverb comes from Solomon's collection of wise sayings, written around 950 BC for teaching practical wisdom. In ancient agrarian society, the difference between diligence and laziness often meant the difference between prosperity and poverty, or even survival and death during harsh seasons.
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