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God helps those who help themselves

God helps those who help themselves proverb: good fortune or providential aid comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things.

Proverb

God helps those who help themselves

  1. Good fortune or providential aid comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things.

God helps those who help themselves meaning in Arabic and Thai

God helps those who help themselves in Arabic

good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
اعقِلْها وتَوكَّلْ

God helps those who help themselves in Thai

good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
ตนเป็นที่พึ่งแห่งตน

Forms of God helps those who help themselves

alternative formGod helps them that help themselves
alternative formheaven helps those who help themselves
alternative formthe Lord helps those who help themselves

Origin of God helps those who help themselves

First appearing in English (in this form) in 1698, in Algernon Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government. Translation of a maxim found in Ancient Greek and Roman literature; equivalent proverbs are found in many languages, such as Hungarian and Italian.

Questions about God helps those who help themselves

What does God helps those who help themselves mean?
God helps those who help themselves means good fortune or providential aid comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things.
What is God helps those who help themselves in Arabic?
God helps those who help themselves in Arabic is اعقِلْها وتَوكَّلْ. See God helps those who help themselves meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is God helps those who help themselves?
God helps those who help themselves is a proverb.

Words near God helps those who help themselves in the dictionary

  1. god hands
  2. God hates a coward
  3. God help someone
  4. God helps them that help themselves
  5. God helps them who help themselves
  6. God helps those who help themselves
  7. God honest truth
  8. God hypothesis
  9. God in heaven
  10. God is in the detail
  11. god king

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