Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Proverbs 21:5 in other translations
| BSB | The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty. |
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| WEB | The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty. |
| ASV | The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want. |
| YLT | The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want. |
| DARBY | The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want. |
| BBE | The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need. |
| Webster | The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. |
What does Proverbs 21:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 21:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 21:5
- Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
- Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
- Proverbs 27:23-27
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. …
- Ephesians 4:28
Let 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.
- Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
- Proverbs 28:22
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
- Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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Context
- Proverbs 21:4
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
- Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
- Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Proverbs 21:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los pensamientos del solícito ciertamente van á abundancia; mas todo presuroso, indefectiblemente á pobreza. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les pensées d’un homme diligent ne mènent qu’à l’abondance; mais tout étourdi ne court qu’à la disette. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Gedanken des Fleißigen führen nur zum Überfluß; und jeder, der hastig ist-es ist nur zum Mangel. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cogitationes robusti semper in abundantia; omnis autem piger semper in egestate est. |