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

3If you do what is right and fair, it pleases the Lord more than sacrifices. 4Wicked people are proud and they boast. Sin is their guide through life. A careful person makes good plans and he has everything that he needs. But anyone who works in a hurry will soon become poor. 6If you deceive people to become rich, it will soon all disappear. It will lead you to an early death. 7When wicked people do violent things, it destroys them. They refuse to do what is right.

Proverbs 21:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The thoughtsמַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâh machăshebeth · plotH4284
• of the diligentחָרוּץchârûts chârûts · sharpH2742
• only to plenteousnessמוֹתָרmôthâr · advantageH4195
• hastyאוּץ'ûts · to hastenH213
• only to wantמַחְסוֹרmachsôr machsôr · needH4270

Cross-references for Proverbs 21:5

• Proverbs 10:4If a man is lazy, he will soon be poor. But if he works hard, he will become rich.
• Proverbs 13:4A lazy person always wants to have more, but he will not get it. If a person works hard, he will have more than he needs.
• Proverbs 27:23Always take care of your sheep and your goats, as well as your cows.
• Ephesians 4:28Any of you who robbed people before must now stop taking things. Instead, you should work hard with your own hands. Then you will be able to share what you have with people who are poor.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11Try very much to live at peace with other people. Work hard at your own job. We have already told you that you must do these things.
• Proverbs 14:29A patient man shows that he understands what is right. But someone who quickly becomes angry shows that he is foolish.
• Proverbs 20:21If you receive riches too early in life, it will do you no good in the end.
• Proverbs 28:22Greedy people hurry to become rich. They do not know that they will soon be poor.

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

In the dictionaries

• Mind
• Ponder
• Toss
• Haste
• Poor
• Proverb
• Proverbs, the Book of

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