5The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.


In Context

2 All a man's ways seem right to him, but the Lord weighs the heart.

3 To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin!

5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

6 A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.

Proverbs 21:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:5The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:5The thoughts of the industrious al- ways bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness: but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:5The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:5The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty; but of every one that is hasty only to want.