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БЕРЕЖЁНОГО (И) БОГ БЕРЕЖЁТ (saying) а person who is cautious and alert avoids danger (said as advice to be careful, not to take risks, and also as a justification for taking what may seem to be unnecessary precautions): - God helps those who help themselves better (to be) safe than sorry.

Все эти предосторожности были, конечно, с запасом, но бережёного Бог бережёт (Солженицын 2). Some of these precautions, of course, proved not to have been strictly necessary, but God helps those who help themselves (2a).