Parallel Verses
Amplified
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance and advantage,
But everyone who acts in haste comes surely to poverty.
New American Standard Bible
But everyone
King James Version
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Holman Bible
but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.
International Standard Version
Plans of the persistent surely lead to productivity, but all who are hasty will surely become poor.
A Conservative Version
The thoughts of a diligent man [lead] only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to want.
American Standard Version
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
Bible in Basic English
The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
Darby Translation
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.
Julia Smith Translation
The purposes of the active only to abundance; and every one hastening only to want
King James 2000
The thoughts of the diligent lead only to plenty; but of everyone that is hasty, only to want.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The plans of the diligent only [lead] to abundance, but all who are hasty, only to want.
Modern King James verseion
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty; but the thoughts of everyone who is hasty only to poverty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The devices of one that is diligent, bring plenteousness; but he that is unadvised, cometh to poverty.
NET Bible
The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
New Heart English Bible
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
The Emphasized Bible
The plans of the diligent, tend only to abundance, but, of every one that is urgent, only to want.
Webster
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
World English Bible
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
Youngs Literal Translation
The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.
Themes
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
4
Haughty and arrogant eyes and a proud heart,
The lamp of the wicked [their self-centered pride], is sin [in the eyes of God].
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance and advantage,
But everyone who acts in haste comes surely to poverty.
Acquiring treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the seeking and pursuit of death.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 10:4
Poor is he who works with a negligent and idle hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes him rich.
Proverbs 28:22
He who has an evil and envious eye hurries to be rich
And does not know that poverty will come upon him.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul (appetite) of the lazy person craves and gets nothing [for lethargy overcomes ambition],
But the soul (appetite) of the diligent [who works willingly] is rich and abundantly supplied.
Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to anger has great understanding [and profits from his self-control],
But he who is quick-tempered exposes and exalts his foolishness [for all to see].
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance hastily gained [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 27:23-27
Be diligent to know the condition of your flocks,
And pay attention to your herds;
Ephesians 4:28
The thief [who has become a believer] must no longer steal, but instead he must work hard [making an honest living], producing that which is good with his own hands, so that he will have something to share with those in need.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
and to make it your ambition to live quietly and peacefully, and to mind your own affairs and work with your hands, just as we directed you,