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 preferred by the Lord more than sacrifice. 4Haughty eyes and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked, is sin. The plans of the diligent certainly lead to advantage, But everyone who is in a hurry certainly comes to poverty. 6The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death. 7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, Because they refuse to act with justice.

Proverbs 21:5 word by word

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

• The plansמַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâh machăshebeth · plotH4284
• diligentחָרוּץchârûts chârûts · sharpH2742
• certainlyאַךְ'ak · surelyH389
• to advantageמוֹתָרmôthâr · advantageH4195
• But everyoneכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• who isאוּץ'ûts · to hastenH213
• to povertyמַחְסוֹרmachsôr machsôr · needH4270

Cross-references for Proverbs 21:5

• Proverbs 10:4Poor is one who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
• Proverbs 13:4The soul of the lazy one craves and gets nothing, But the soul of the diligent is made prosperous.
• Proverbs 27:23Know well the condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds;
• Ephesians 4:28The one who steals must no longer steal; but rather he must labor, producing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we instructed you,
• Proverbs 14:29One who is slow to anger has great understanding; But one who is quick-tempered exalts foolishness.
• Proverbs 20:21An inheritance gained in a hurry at the beginning Will not be blessed in the end.
• Proverbs 28:22A person with an evil eye hurries after wealth And does not know that poverty will 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