4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 13:4
Instruction, Speech, Desire, Wealth, and the Way of the Wise
The chapter moves through compact wisdom contrasts about instruction, speech, diligence, righteousness, wealth, pride, counsel, desire, discipline, companionship, inheritance, injustice, parental correction, and satisfaction.
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Verse 4
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The slackerעָצֵ֑לH6102Adjective - masculine singular. . .וְנֶ֖פֶשׁH5315Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructcravesמִתְאַוָּ֣הH183Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singularyet [has] nothingוָ֭אַיִןH369Conjunctive waw | Adverbbut the soulנַפְשׁ֣וֹH5315Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularof the diligentחָרֻצִ֣יםH2742Adjective - masculine pluralis fully satisfiedתְּדֻשָּֽׁן׃H1878Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person feminine singular