Proverbs 21:5
Those who plan ahead and work hard will have plenty, while those who act rashly end up poor.
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4Pride and arrogance are the sins the wicked live by.
6Money made by lies is like smoke in the wind—a chase that ends in death.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:4Lazy people want a lot, but get nothing; if you work hard you'll be well rewarded.
Proverbs 19:2It's not good to be someone who doesn't think. If you rush, things go wrong.
Proverbs 27:23You should know the condition of your flocks really well and take good care of your herds,
Proverbs 29:20Have you seen a man who speaks without thinking? There's more hope for stupid people than for him!
1 Thessalonians 4:11Try to live a quiet life, minding your own business, doing your own work, as we've already explained to 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 →