Proverbs 21:5

Proverbs 21:5 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

Context of Proverbs 21:5

3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. 4An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing 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 vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. 7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

Proverbs 21:5 word by word

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

• 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 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth 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 labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
• Proverbs 14:29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
• Proverbs 20:21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
• Proverbs 28:22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth 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