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Proverbs 21:5

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

Proverbs 21:4 Proverbs 21 Proverbs 21:6

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KJV

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

ESV

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

NLT

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

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