Proverbs 21:5

Proverbs 21:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
• New International Version (NIV)The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.

Context of Proverbs 21:5

3To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice. 4A high look, and a proud heart, Eventhe lamp of the wicked, is sin. The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hastyhastethonly to want. 6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death. 7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

Proverbs 21:5 word by word

מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת חָ֭רוּץ אַךְ־לְמוֹתָ֑ר וְכָל־אָ֝֗ץ אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

• thoughtsמַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâh machăshebeth · plotH4284
• onlyאַךְ'ak · surelyH389
• hastyאוּץ'ûts · to hastenH213

Cross-references for Proverbs 21:5

• Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
• Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
• Proverbs 27:23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:
• Ephesians 4:28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
• Proverbs 14:29He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
• Proverbs 20:21An inheritancemay be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
• Proverbs 28:22He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

Commentaries on Proverbs 21:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Here diligence is opposed, not to sloth but to haste. Undue hurry is as fatal to success as undue procrastination.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5Verse 5 The really diligent employ foresight as well as labour.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. The contrast is between steady industry and rashness (compare Pr 19:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 21:5

• Industry
• Prudence
• Rashness

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Commentaries on Proverbs 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings