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 exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice. 4Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin. The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want. 6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death. 7The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

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 cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
• Proverbs 13:4A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
• Proverbs 27:23Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
• Ephesians 4:28Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with [his] hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your [own] 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 inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
• Proverbs 28:22He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty 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