New International Version
Proverbs 21:5
5The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads 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.
- 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 what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. 4Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin. The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. 6A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. 7The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for 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 10:4Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- Proverbs 13:4A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
- Proverbs 27:23Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
- Ephesians 4:28Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you,
- Proverbs 14:29Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.
- Proverbs 20:21An inheritance claimed too soon will not be blessed at the end.
- Proverbs 28:22The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them.
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
In the dictionaries
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
New International Version — © NIV® 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica
Commentaries