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Proverbs 21:5

WorkMoney and wealthPatience

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.

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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BSB
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
KJV
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
WEB
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
ASV
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty [hasteth] only to want.
DARBY
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.
BLB
The plans of the diligent [are] surely to abundance, and everyone hurrying about, surely to poverty.
ÅB
Den flittiges tanker fører bare til vinning, men hastverk bare til tap.
OTB
De flittiges planer fører sikkert til vinning, men de som er forhastede ender i fattigdom.
B1930
Den flittiges tanker fører bare til vinning, men hastverk bare til tap.

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