Proverbs 21:5
 Proverbs 21:5 
New International Version (© 2011)
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

King James Bible
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that 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.

Young's Literal Translation
The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

Proverbs 21:5 Additional Translations
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Proverbs 10:4 He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 27:23-27 Be you diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds...

Ephesians 4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good...

1 Thessalonians 4:11,12 And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you...

of every

Proverbs 14:29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Proverbs 28:22 He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come on him.

Proverbs 21:5 Parallel Commentaries
Abundance Acting Advantage Diligent Haste Hasteth Hasty Industry Lead Outcome Over-Quick Plans Plenteousness Poverty Profit Purposes Rushes Surely Tend Thoughts Want Wealth
Abundance Acting Advantage Diligent Haste Hasteth Hasty Industry Lead Outcome Over-Quick Plans Plenteousness Poverty Profit Purposes Rushes Surely Tend Thoughts Want Wealth
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Proverbs 10:4 Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Proverbs 13:4 A sluggard's appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
Proverbs 19:2 Desire without knowledge is not good-- how much more will hasty feet miss the way!
Proverbs 28:22 The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them.