Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
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In Context
4A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
6Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
Proverbs 19:2It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty with one’s feet and miss the way.
Proverbs 27:23Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,
Proverbs 29:20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
1 Thessalonians 4:11and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even 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 →