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Proverbs 21:5
Proverbs 21:5 is verse 5 of Proverbs chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
King James Version
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
World English Bible
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
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Proverbs 21:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.
5 The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 10:4Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Proverbs 27:23Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;
Proverbs 27:24for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
Proverbs 27:25When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,
Proverbs 27:26the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
Proverbs 27:27You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.
Ephesians 4:28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
1 Thessalonians 4:11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
1 Thessalonians 4:12Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
Proverbs 14:29A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
Proverbs 20:21An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 28:22A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.