Proverbs 21:5
The deuises of one that is diligent, bring plenteousnesse: but he that is vnaduised, commeth vnto pouertie.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
4An high looke, a proude heart, and the plowing of the vngodly is sinne.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:4The sluggarde woulde fayne haue and can not get [his desire:] but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.
Proverbs 19:2The desire without discretion is not good: but [as] a man whiche hasteth with his feete offendeth.
Proverbs 27:23Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy cattell thy selfe, and loke well to thy flockes.
Proverbs 29:20Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:5
4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. This may be taken as showing us, 1. The marks of a wicked man. He that has a high look and a proud heart, that carries himself insolently and scornfully towards both God and man, and that is always ploughing and plotting, designing and devising some mischief or other, is indeed a wicked man. The light of the wicked is sin. Sin is the pride, the ambition, the glory and joy, and the business of wicked men. 2. The miseries of wicked man. His… Read the whole commentary →