Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent tend only to plenty; but every hasty man is [destined] only to want.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
4Haughtiness of the eyes, and an immoderate heart, are the sinful field of the wicked.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:4The sluggard longeth [in] his soul, and there [cometh] nothing; but the soul of the diligent will be abundantly gratified.
Proverbs 19:2Also in the want of knowledge in the soul there is nothing good; and he that hasteneth with his feet misseth the right path.
Proverbs 27:23Endeavor to know well the appearance of thy flocks, direct thy attention to thy herds;
Proverbs 29:20Seest then a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope for a fool than for him.
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 →