New King James Version
Proverbs 21:5
5The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely 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 Living Translation (NLT)Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.
Context of Proverbs 21:5
3To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. 4A haughty look, a proud heart, And the plowing of the wicked are sin. The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty. 6Getting treasures by a lying tongue Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death. 7The violence of the wicked will destroy them, Because they refuse to do justice.
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 10:4He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
- Proverbs 13:4The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
- Proverbs 27:23Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, And attend to your herds;
- Ephesians 4:28Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,
- Proverbs 14:29He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, But he who is impulsive exalts folly.
- Proverbs 20:21An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning Will not be blessed at the end.
- Proverbs 28:22A man with an evil eye hastens after riches, And does not consider 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
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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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