Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the kharutz (diligent) lead surely to profit; 1 but of every one that is hasty surely to machsor (poverty, want). 1
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Proverbs 13:4The nefesh of the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) desireth, and hath nothing, 1 but the nefesh of the kharutzim (diligent ones) shall have ample provision. 1
Proverbs 19:2Also, that the nefesh (desire) be without da'as, it is not tov, 1 and he that hasteth with his raglayim (feet) sinneth. 1
Proverbs 27:23Be thou diligent to know the condition of thy tzon, 1 and look well to thy adarim (flocks). 1
Proverbs 29:20Seest thou an ish that is hasty in his devarim? 1 There is more tikvah for a kesil (fool) than for him. 1
1 Thessalonians 4:11And have as your ambition to lead a quiet life of shalom bayis, and to mind your own business, and to have a parnasah, working with your own hands, according to the mitzvot (commandments) we gave 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 →