"天は自ら助くる者を助く" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "天は自ら助くる者を助く",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "天",
          "てん"
        ],
        [
          "自",
          "みずか"
        ],
        [
          "助",
          "たす"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "助",
          "たす"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ten wa mizukara tasukuru mono o tasuku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenfamidukaratasukurumonowotasuku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てんはみづからたすくるものをたすく",
      "roman": "tenfamidukaratasukurumonowotasuku",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "てん は みずから たすくる もの を たすく",
        "head": "天は自ら助くる者を助く",
        "hhira": "てんはみづからたすくるものをたすく"
      },
      "expansion": "天(てん)は自(みずか)ら助(たす)くる者(もの)を助(たす)く • (ten wa mizukara tasukuru mono o tasuku) ^(←てんはみづからたすくるものをたすく (tenfamidukaratasukurumonowotasuku)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heaven helps those who help themselves"
      ],
      "id": "en-天は自ら助くる者を助く-ja-proverb-8LqCdi3N",
      "links": [
        [
          "heaven helps those who help themselves",
          "heaven helps those who help themselves"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tẽ̞ɰ̃ ɰᵝa̠ mʲizɨᵝka̠ɾa̠ ta̠sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ mo̞no̞ o̞ ta̠sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "天は自ら助くる者を助く"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "天は自ら助くる者を助く",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "天",
          "てん"
        ],
        [
          "自",
          "みずか"
        ],
        [
          "助",
          "たす"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "助",
          "たす"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ten wa mizukara tasukuru mono o tasuku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenfamidukaratasukurumonowotasuku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てんはみづからたすくるものをたすく",
      "roman": "tenfamidukaratasukurumonowotasuku",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "てん は みずから たすくる もの を たすく",
        "head": "天は自ら助くる者を助く",
        "hhira": "てんはみづからたすくるものをたすく"
      },
      "expansion": "天(てん)は自(みずか)ら助(たす)くる者(もの)を助(たす)く • (ten wa mizukara tasukuru mono o tasuku) ^(←てんはみづからたすくるものをたすく (tenfamidukaratasukurumonowotasuku)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
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        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with five Han script characters"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heaven helps those who help themselves"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heaven helps those who help themselves",
          "heaven helps those who help themselves"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tẽ̞ɰ̃ ɰᵝa̠ mʲizɨᵝka̠ɾa̠ ta̠sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ mo̞no̞ o̞ ta̠sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "天は自ら助くる者を助く"
}