New English Translation
Proverbs 21:5
5The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
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 the Lord than sacrifice. 4Haughty eyes and a proud heart – the agricultural product of the wicked is sin. The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. 6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death. 7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is right.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:5 word by word
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת חָ֭רוּץ אַךְ־לְמוֹתָ֑ר וְכָל־אָ֝֗ץ אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:5
- Proverbs 10:4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
- Proverbs 13:4The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
- Proverbs 27:23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds,
- Ephesians 4:28The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you.
- Proverbs 14:29The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.
- Proverbs 20:21An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
- Proverbs 28:22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake 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
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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
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