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# penury

noun

«penury» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Proverbs teaches that real work brings profit while empty talk brings want, and the tradition values honest labour.

### Meaning

Great poverty, having almost no money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/penury/#m1)

### Examples

- In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. (Writings PRO.14.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/penury/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «penury» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/penury/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«penury» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/penury.html) on Mova free.