Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Proverbs 21:5

WorkMoney and wealthPatience

3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

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

6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references