All 11 Uses
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- 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.†
Chpt 4diligence = hard work and care
- 7:15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.†
Chpt 7 *diligently = with hard work and care
- 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.†
Chpt 10diligent = hard work and care
- 11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.†
Chpt 11diligently = with hard work and care
- 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.†
Chpt 12diligent = hard work and care
- 12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.†
Chpt 12
- 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.†
Chpt 13
- 21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.†
Chpt 21
- 22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business?†
Chpt 22
- 23:1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.†
Chpt 23diligently = with hard work and care
- 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.†
Chpt 27diligent = hard work and care
Definitions:
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(1)
(diligent as in: she is diligent) working carefully and steadily with effort and attention to detail
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More specifically in law, diligence or due diligence refers to the care or attention expected by the law in doing something such as fulfilling the terms of a contract.
More rarely, but sometimes seen in classic literature, a diligence is a public stagecoach.