Proverbs 21:5

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

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Proverbs 21:5 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

NLT

5 Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

MSG

5 Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run; hurry and scurry puts you further behind.

CSB

5 The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit, but anyone who is reckless only becomes poor.

Proverbs 21:5 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 21:5

The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness
A man that is thoughtful and studious, and wisely forms schemes in his mind, and diligently pursues them; the issue of it is, generally speaking, prosperity and plenty: such a man is usually thriving and flourishing; and this holds good in things spiritual, as well as in things temporal, ( Matthew 25:29 ) ; but of everyone [that is] hasty only to want;
that is in haste to be rich, and is resolved to be so, right or wrong, he comes at last to poverty and want: or he who is rash and precipitate in acting, who never thinks before he acts, but rashly engages in an affair; or, however, does not give himself time enough to think it over, but, as soon as ever it has entered his thoughts, he immediately attempts to put it in execution; a man so thoughtless and inconsiderate, so rash and hasty, brings himself and family to poverty; see ( Proverbs 20:21 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible