Proverbs 21:5

מַחְשְׁבוֹת חָרוּץ אַךְ ־ לְמוֹתָר וְכָל ־ אָץ אַךְ ־ לְמַחְסֽוֹר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

In Context

4רוּם ־ עֵינַיִם וּרְחַב ־ לֵב נִר רְשָׁעִים חַטָּֽאת ׃

6פֹּעַל אוֹצָרוֹת בִּלְשׁוֹן שָׁקֶר הֶבֶל נִדָּף מְבַקְשֵׁי ־ מָֽוֶת ׃

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:4מִתְאַוָּה וָאַיִן נַפְשׁוֹ עָצֵל וְנֶפֶשׁ חָרֻצִים תְּדֻשָּֽׁן ׃

Proverbs 19:2גַּם בְּלֹא ־ דַעַת נֶפֶשׁ לֹא ־ טוֹב וְאָץ בְּרַגְלַיִם חוֹטֵֽא ׃

Proverbs 27:23יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע פְּנֵי צֹאנֶךָ שִׁית לִבְּךָ לַעֲדָרִֽים ׃

Proverbs 29:20חָזִיתָ אִישׁ אָץ בִּדְבָרָיו תִּקְוָה לִכְסִיל מִמֶּֽנּוּ ׃

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 →

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