The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The soul of the sluggard (Hebrew, the soul of him, the sluggard) desireth, and (hath) nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat - (Proverbs 11:25.) The sluggard desires abundance, and does nothing more: he makes no diligent effort to effect his desire. When labour is laid aside, the desires are let loose; but they are restrained by doing work (cf. Proverbs 10:4).