Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the diligent, tend only to abundance, but, of every one that is urgent, only to want.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

4Loftiness of eyes, and ambition of heart—the lamp of the lawless, are sin.

6The gaining of treasures with a tongue of falsehood, is a vapour driven away, [they who seek them] seek death,

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:4The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.

Proverbs 19:2Surely, for the soul to be, without knowledge, is not good, and, he that hasteth with his feet, strayeth.

Proverbs 27:23Note well, the appearance of thy flock, apply thy mind to thy herds;

Proverbs 29:20Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words,—there is, more hope of a dullard, than of him.

1 Thessalonians 4:11And to be ambitious to be quiet, and to be attending to your own affairs, and to be working with your hands,—even as, unto you, we gave charge—

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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