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the Lord helps those that help themselves

the Lord helps those that help themselves is the alternative form of God helps those who help themselves.

Meaning of God helps those who help themselves

Proverb

God helps those who help themselves

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

Questions about the Lord helps those that help themselves

What is the Lord helps those that help themselves the alternative form of?
The Lord helps those that help themselves is the alternative form of God helps those who help themselves.

Words near the Lord helps those that help themselves in the dictionary

  1. the long and the short
  2. the long way around the barn
  3. the longest pole knocks the persimmon
  4. the longest purse knocks the persimmon
  5. the Loop
  6. the Lord helps those that help themselves
  7. the Lord helps those who help themselves
  8. the Lord works in mysterious ways
  9. the Lord's Anointed
  10. the Lord's work
  11. the love of money is the root of all evil

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