Proverbs 21:5
New International Version
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

New Living Translation
Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

English Standard Version
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

Berean Standard Bible
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.

King James Bible
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

New King James Version
The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.

New American Standard Bible
The plans of the diligent certainly lead to advantage, But everyone who is in a hurry certainly comes to poverty.

NASB 1995
The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, But everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.

NASB 1977
The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, But everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.

Legacy Standard Bible
The thoughts of the diligent lead surely to profit, But everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.

Amplified Bible
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance and advantage, But everyone who acts in haste comes surely to poverty.

Christian Standard Bible
The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit, but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit, but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.

American Standard Version
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The thoughts of the elect one are trusting, and those of the evil one cause want.

Contemporary English Version
If you plan and work hard, you will have plenty; if you hurry to get rich, you will end up poor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The thoughts of the industrious al- ways bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.

English Revised Version
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness: but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The plans of a hard-working person lead to prosperity, but everyone who is [always] in a hurry ends up in poverty.

Good News Translation
Plan carefully and you will have plenty; if you act too quickly, you will never have enough.

International Standard Version
Plans of the persistent surely lead to productivity, but all who are hasty will surely become poor.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

Literal Standard Version
The purposes of the diligent [are] only to advantage, | And of every hasty one, only to want.

Majority Standard Bible
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.

New American Bible
The plans of the diligent end in profit, but those of the hasty end in loss.

NET Bible
The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

New Revised Standard Version
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.

New Heart English Bible
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Webster's Bible Translation
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

World English Bible
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Young's Literal Translation
The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

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Context
The King's Heart
4Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin. 5The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty. 6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.…

Cross References
Proverbs 10:4
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Proverbs 13:4
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

Proverbs 19:2
Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.

Proverbs 28:22
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.


Treasury of Scripture

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

thoughts

Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 27:23-27
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds…

of every

Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Proverbs 28:22
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

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(5) The thoughts of every one that is hasty tend only to want.--This proverb is met with on all sides: "More haste, worse speed"; "Festina lente"; "Eile mit Weile."

Verse 5. - The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness. Patient industry is rewarded by a certain increase (comp. Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 13:11; Proverbs 14:23). Says an English maxim, "Diligence is a fair for tune, and industry a good estate," The Greek gnomists have said tersely -

Απαντα τὰ καλὰ τοῦ πονοῦντος γίγνεται
Τῷ γὰρ πονοῦντι καὶ Θεὸς συλλαμβάνει

"To him who labours all good things accrue
The man who labours God himself assists."
But of every one that is hasty only to want. Diligence is contrasted with hastiness. The hasting to be rich by any, even nefarious, means (Proverbs 20:21; Proverbs 28:20) will bring a man to poverty. There are numerous proverbs warning against precipitancy, which will occur to everyone: Festina lente; "More haste, less speed;" "Eile mit Weile."

Προπέτεια σολλοῖς ἐστὶν αἰτία κακῶν. (See a long dissertation on Festinatio praepropera in Erasmus's 'Adagia.') This verse is omitted in the chief manuscripts of the Septuagint.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The plans
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת (maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan

of the diligent
חָ֭רוּץ (ḥā·rūṣ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2742: Incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager

bring plenty,
לְמוֹתָ֑ר (lə·mō·w·ṯār)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4195: Abundance, preeminence

as surely
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

as haste [leads]
אָ֝֗ץ (’āṣ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 213: To press, to be close, hurry, withdraw

to poverty.
לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃ (lə·maḥ·sō·wr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4270: A need, thing needed, poverty


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