Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.
6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Proverbs 19:2Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
Proverbs 27:23Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;
Proverbs 29:20Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
1 Thessalonians 4:11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
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 →