Proverbs 21:5
The purposes of the diligent [are] only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked [is] sin.
6The making of treasures by a lying tongue, [Is] a vanity driven away of those seeking death.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
Proverbs 19:2Also, without knowledge the soul [is] not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.
Proverbs 27:23Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
Proverbs 29:20Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! 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 did command 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 →