SinaiProverbs 21:5
World English Bible
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit;
and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
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Proverbs 21:5 in other translations
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
Proverbs 21:5 in context
- 3To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. - 4A high look and a proud heart,
the lamp of the wicked, is sin. - 5The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit;
and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty. - 6Getting treasures by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death. - 7The violence of the wicked will drive them away,
because they refuse to do what is right.