Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent tend only to plenty; But the hasty hasteneth only to want.
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In Context
4The lofty look, the proud heart, The lamp of the wicked, is ruin.
6The getting of treasures by a false tongue Is the fleeting breath of them that seek death.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:4The appetite of the sluggard longeth, and hath nothing; But the appetite of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Proverbs 19:2Moreover, that the soul be without knowledge is not good, And he that hasteth with is feet stumbleth.
Proverbs 27:23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds!
Proverbs 29:20Seest thou a man hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
1 Thessalonians 4:11and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded 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 →